Meteor creates fireball and large sonic boom over Russia Feb 15 2013

[Joe234]

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Meteor creates fireball and large sonic boom over Russia Feb 15 2013






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http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/...iref=allsearch

(CNN) -- A meteor shower sparked an explosion that left 250 people injured Friday in southern Russia, state media reported.
Of the hundreds, at least three were critically injured by broken glass, state-run RIA Novosti reported.


A bright white flash appeared in the sky for a few seconds, followed by a heavy "bang" that sounded like a blast, according to Russian News Agency Itar-Tass.


The meteorite fell 50 miles (80 km) from Satka city, Itar-Tass reported.


Russian emergency officials said the meteorite was destroyed after it partially burned in the lower atmosphere over the Ural district.


Glass broke in high rise buildings, causing the injuries, the the Russian Emergency Ministry said in a statement.


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For you UFO people out there the theories are on YouTube :-)

[Darwin]

Ah the keen irony only possible in the messy real world. This happens just as the flyby of a baby asteroid is set to occur today.

[Joe234]

The meteor in 1908 took out 80 million trees for an 800 mile radius.

[codyg140]

well my mind=blown, and if I saw that in person my pants=full

[Joe234]

From the 1908 meteor

[Snotgifff]

well my mind=blown, and if I saw that in person my pants=full

Hahaha!

[Joe234]

well my mind=blown, and if I saw that in person my pants=full

Certainly would together with a Thunder Frosted.

[whalen]

From the 1908 meteor

The 1908 event did not leave the crater shown, The Tunguska event was a rare event, in effect a Comet (ice) that blasted the region with a shock wave, it took years to reach and document the event. It was in effect an air burst.

[Joe234]

The 1908 event did not leave the crater shown, The Tunguska event was a rare event, in effect a Comet (ice) that blasted the region with a shock wave, it took years to reach and document the event. It was in effect an air burst.

Thank you for the correction. I was thrown off by this website's photo.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/1...osmic-mystery/

Here's a comment from the site:

Flying Squid • 2 days ago

The photo to go with this story is not the remnants of Tunguska, but the Meteor Crater in Arizona which hit 50,000 years ago.


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The Tunguska Event was an explosion that went off in a remote region in Siberia on June 30, 1908, near the river Podkamennaya Tunguska in the north of current Krasnoyarsk region.


Most scientists believe it was caused by a massive meteorite, an asteroid or even a comet although the failure to find fragments from the impact created a mystery that has spawned sometimes endless theories.


The few people closest to the supposed impact area of the Tunguska meteorite were the indigenous Evenki hunters.


Assuming the crater was caused by an impact from space, the body estimated as being of up 70 metres in diameter caused a seismic wave and lit the sky above Siberia for several days.


The sound of its impact was heard about a thousand kilometres away and the overall effect knocked people and livestock off their feet.


However, some theories suggest that there was in fact no rock, because no fragments of it were ever found. One of such theories looks at the possible escape of methane gas from the ground.


The incident remains a source of multiple wilder hypotheses, ranging from an encounter with a black hole, a landing of a UFO or experiments by the celebrated physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla thousands of kilometres away in New York.


The event still tickles the imagination of Russians and is a tourist attraction for those bold enough to make it to the Podkamennaya Tunguska area.


Black and white early photos taken around the supposed impact area show fallen taiga, which the first explorers measured to spread out from the epicentre for up to 30 kilometres.


The remoteness of the swampy Tunguska area, and the fact that Russia was enveloped in several wars and the Bolshevik Revolution in the early 20th century, meant that only a limited number of people managed to travel there.


The first scientist who ventured to look for the meteorite was mineralogist Leonid Kulik, who made several expeditions, starting in 1927, scavenging for metal remains over hundreds of kilometres in extreme conditions precipitated by lack of money and constant illnesses in the team.


Despite digging and draining scores of apparent craters, nothing resembling a meteorite was recovered.

[GoVegan]

Apparently, there were sightings in the bay area as well acoording to the local news.

[whalen]

The shot of Meteor crater in Arizona was what got my attention, I spent almost 15 years in AZ and have visited it twice, mind boggling site. The 1908 event was a fantastic event and there are several good books about it.