Ok, it’s 1am here but this video just broke and is insane. A meteor shower just hit a town in Russia. There are reports on Twitter saying there are injuries in a Russian high school; meanwhile, office buildings are being evacuated. We’ll bring you more news tomorrow morning, as this story develops.
Here are video(s) and pictures:
Injuries reported inside a high school building in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region following a meteor impact, according to Interfax
— Rodrigo (@RodrigoEBR) February 15, 2013
Кусок астероида попал в цинковый завод #chelly twitter.com/a_koretsky/sta…
— Александр Корецкий(@a_koretsky) February 15, 2013
UPDATE: RT.com has a livestream, although a lot of the news is unverified at this point (1:30am).
February 15, 2013 at 6:10 am, Keri Hanson-Hillison said:
Believe or don't believe?
February 15, 2013 at 6:48 am, Julie Petersonseales said:
I did see the AP mention meteors in Russia.
February 15, 2013 at 6:56 am, Keri Hanson-Hillison said:
http://www.space.com/19759-asteroid-2012-da14-flyby-observing-tips.html… Hunker down?
February 15, 2013 at 1:50 pm, Jay Casey said:
Thanks, Obama! *eyeroll*
February 15, 2013 at 3:01 pm, You can stream the entire movie ‘Armageddon’ right here, right now | Death and Taxes said:
[...] the Russian meteor crash last night and asteroid DA14 set to pass by earth tonight, you’re probably finding [...]
February 16, 2013 at 1:19 am, Chase Palmer VII said:
How is this Obama's fault..
February 18, 2013 at 9:31 am, Russian meteor was brighter than the sun, more powerful than a nuke | Death and Taxes said:
[...] scientists and NASA released new details this weekend about the Russian meteor that exploded over the Ural mountains early Friday morning. As the injury count rises over 1,000 [...]
February 18, 2013 at 7:49 pm, Weam Mousa said:
امر الله عز وجل نافذ فى كونه اسرع و امضى من هذا النيزك اللهم لا تكلنا الى انفسنا طرفة عين او الى كاحد من خلقك.
February 19, 2013 at 4:25 pm, Russians already finding a black market for meteorite pieces | Death and Taxes said:
[...] just about anything. Back in the 80s it was blue jeans and imported cigarettes—today, it’s meteorite [...]