Meteorite falls in Russia's Chelyabinsk region; 1200 injuries and structural damage

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    Apparently 4 people were injured by gasses, splitting off of the fall.
     
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    Video showing impact:



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    Hitting a meteor with a missile seems like a rather difficult task. Also, the missile hit a meteor, not a meteorite. Technically, it isn't a meteorite until after it hits the ground (or water, etc.).
     
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    As it came down:

     
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    awesome!
     
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    Holy Smackadoly...!


    And this is barely a mosquito bite compared to what he Earth has endured over its lifespan.
     
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    The dinosaurs laugh at this.
     
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    No they don't. :woot:
     
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    Somewhere out there in dinosaur heaven they do. :(
     
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    The Saiyans have arrived.
     
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    400 people reported injured...
     
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    Holy moly.
     
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    That's scary and awesome at the same time.
     
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    Holy crap. How weird. I had a dream about the 1908 Tunguska event last night...
     
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    The Mysterious Tunguska Event - Carl Sagan
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    That is the coolest f***ing thing.
     
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    To a degree. Kind of scary too if you think about it.
     
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    Carl Sagan was the man (RIP). One of the more out-there theories about the event (and one I don't believe, but I'm amused by) is that it was caused by Nikola Tesla experimenting with some energy weapon.
     
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    Russian scientists are saying that it's very likely a few more are going to enter the Earths atmosphere in the next few hours...

    Um not good...

     
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    P.S: I know meteors are constantly hitting our atmosphere but I assume he's referring to ones making it through our atmosphere and actually causing some damage.
     
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