Meteorite explodes over Russia, hundreds injured

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Posted 15 February 2013 - 09:30 AM

http://online.wsj.co...3574597722.html

MOSCOW—A flaming meteorite plunged to earth in Russia's Ural Mountains Friday, smashing windows and injuring around 500 people.

Amateur videos broadcast on state television showed an object streaking across the sky around 9:20 a.m. local time before bursting into a fireball. Residents in the city of Chelyabinsk, the largest in the affected region, described a shock wave from the meteorite that blew in doors and smashed glass.

More videos here. Watch the first "Cell phone" video, and listen with speakers/headphones.

In unrelated news, I'm flying to Russia to try and lift Mjolnir. Wish me luck!

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Posted 15 February 2013 - 04:24 PM

That was crazy!! thanks for posting the video

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Posted 15 February 2013 - 06:19 PM

Holy Moses, the things nightmares are made off. I'll bet the driver thought his/her time was up!

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#4 ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24

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Posted 15 February 2013 - 07:17 PM

wow

thats just...horrifying to watch

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 03:33 PM

Holy Moses, the things nightmares are made off. I'll bet the driver thought his/her time was up!

Not in russia, they just keep driving like normal lol. Instead of going into panic mode

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 04:26 PM

I couldn't help but notice so many of the clips from this came from "dash cams", and had to wonder what the deal was. Apparently I wasn't the only one with that thought, as I found out the explanation why...

http://www.businessi...sh-cams-2012-12

And to get back on track (totally my fault), apparently there are reports of the same thing happening in Miami now too, without the mass injuries. Crazy...

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