Meteor Shower Hits Russia: 400 Injured

[STORM1234]

is russia boidan, US don't really care bout dem dred, they've been at odds a while, I guess it came down to poor international relations.

[.:PROZAC:..]

even though NASA is North American they're really not the global space agency but they work very closely with the russians who have their own eyes in the sky. So why didn't Putin's boys see it?

[kevinknr]

*Goes to build underground bunker*

Goodbye world

[DFC]

thor came.

[Chimera]

they probably saw it, realize they not sure where it going to hit and didn't make sense making everyone panic by trying to evacuate or they thought it would burn up in atmosphere.

[TRAE]

funny thing was NASA was saying that the meteor gonna pass us straight by x amount of thousand miles

[PapaC]

Thats a different asteroid boy TRAE

[drunkenscorpion]

Is there a village called Smallville in Russia?......Kal-El has arrived!

[*$kїđž!™]

some crazy sheit here....

[ACT DA FOOL]

What's also scary is that NASA missed this object or probably knew and said nothing

WTF is going on

This

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013 ... ussia?lite

Second video down (cant embed cause im noob it seems ) in an interview with Astrophysicist Neil Tyson explains why it was "undetected" by NASA or US GVT.

[maj. tom]

[Centric]

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (Little SDO)


Good morning - you might have heard about the meteor "explosion" over Russia earlier today. There is some amazing footage out there. This one is truly amazing as you can actually hear the sound of it exploding. And it does take time to travel...

Current estimates are that the meteor shattered 18-32 miles up in the air, traveling at approx. 33,000 mph.

According to NASA scientists, the trajectory of the Russian meteorite was significantly different than the trajectory of the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it a completely unrelated object. Information is still being collected about the Russian meteorite and analysis is preliminary at this point. In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north.

There are two reported types of sounds generated by very bright fireballs, both of which are quite rare. These are sonic booms, and electrophonic sounds.

If a very bright fireball, usually greater than magnitude -8, penetrates to the stratosphere, below an altitude of about 50 km (30 miles), and explodes as a bolide, there is a chance that sonic booms may be heard on the ground below. This is more likely if the bolide occurs at an altitude angle of about 45 degrees or so for the observer, and is less likely if the bolide occurs overhead (although still possible) or near the horizon. Because sound travels quite slowly, at only about 20 km per minute, it will generally be 1.5 to 4 minutes after the visual explosion before any sonic boom can be heard. Observers who witness such spectacular events are encouraged to listen for a full 5 minutes after the fireball for potential sonic booms.

Another form of sound frequently reported with bright fireballs is “electrophonic” sound, which occurs coincidentally with the visible fireball. The reported sounds range from hissing static, to sizzling, to popping sounds. Often, the witness of such sounds is located near some metal object when the fireball occurs. Additionally, those with a large amount of hair seem to have a better chance of hearing these sounds. Electrophonic sounds have never been validated scientifically, and their origin is unknown. Currently, the most popular theory is the potential emission of VLF radio waves by the fireball, although this has yet to be verified.

[Sky]

Imagine if this happened in Trinidad. The PM would be on site within a few hours. Endless traffic and silly reports from newsday/express about invasion or attack with nuclear missiles from Venezuela

And one country would manage to bring down the BBM network better than anonymous could.

well atleast we know superman will speak russian

Nobody post this yet?

This happen quite often actually. In happens a lot in Russia because it is the largest country in the world and most spread out longitudinally across the globe. Plus with it higher latitude it has a thinner atmosphere offering less resistance to break up like most meteors.

The chance of this happening Trinidad is very slim due to our size and our location close to the equator.

Yup.

Guys, guess what. We get 300-400 of these a day.
It's just that this one was a bit big and broke up later than the others.

[.:PROZAC:..]

Which makes you wonder, if Govts know there is a major disaster well with only little warning and they can't evacuate or help people....would they even say anything.

[dok_tec]

absolutely amazing

[BrotherHood]

Wow, amazing.


End times?

[uncle sam]

If that happen on carnival tuesday in T&T

[Chimera]

[chris600]

http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=174956

another one just hit cuba

BREAKING meteor hits cuba
Huge explosion in the sky in Cuba Meanwhile, also from Cuba has been reported in an explosion sky. In the central region of the island has seen an object that fell from the sky and exploded with a great noise, which shook the houses in the place, reports on local television. In a report released this morning by Rodas, town in the province of Cienfuegos, witnesses described a very bright light that has come to have large size, comparable to that of a bus, before exploding in the sky. Marcos Rodriguez, a resident in region, as defined by the issuer an expert, reported that "everything seems to indicate that it was a fireball, which is a fragment of stone and metal that enters the Earth's atmosphere at high speed." Experts are now examining the area for possible remains Rodas minerals falling from the sky, the TV station added. translated- [link to http://www.repubblica.it]

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

another one now reported in Kazakhstan

http://www.meteogiornale.it/notizia/26514-1-nuovo-sciame-meteoriti

New meteor shower, this time in Kazakhstan

In the north-west of Kazakhstan, in the afternoon (local time) today, February was observed again we ski meteorites.

This event is similar to that which occurred this morning (local time) in Russia.

The news agency of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic indicates that objects (meteors) inflamed unidentified fell in the border area with Russia, near the villages of Aschilisay, Kazanka and Karatogay Aktobe region.

In the area were sent to 26 experts with mobile equipment MOE, as well as sanitary-epidemiological equipment.
currently are exploring the area where the impact occurred.

We recall that this is a second sighting, which occurred several hours later than the Chelyabinsk region (9:30 am local). In this regard, the latest reports indicate that a meteorite was found in a pool at 1 km from the city of Chebarkul.

Rbc.ru. news source

HOURS 14:50. The meteor shower could be attributed to the Urals. We await developments we will communicate.

reports are coming in that alot of the Russian videos are fake, though not all

I'm not sure about these from other parts of the world

Here is a CNN report confirming the Russian event with comments from Russian officials

[Chimera]

i`m off to the mosque to pray

these things are just like bombs and will result in people dying from explosions/shrapnel

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[sharkman121]

wadaa helll is hapninnnnn....arghhhhhhh

[SweeP]

@ 0.48 optimus prime send ah message to any autobots out dey so doh worry is just autobots dat landed, nun to be worried about!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[MG Man]

lol @ conspiracy theorists
you guys have any idea how little of the sky is being monitored for NEOs? Far less for little chunks like this one over russia?
The odds are pretty high that a sizable chunk of rock could slam into the earth with no detection beforehand

[STORM1234]

meh padnaz MG talkin sense dey boidan, is just like the US coastguard trying to patrol all of the US costaline and territorial waters against drug smugglers. it's impossible


funny video transformers

[zoelikescheese]

If that happen on carnival tuesday in T&T

if you have nothing better to say

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

This is the NASA calculated trajectory of the DA14 asteroid that will pass near the Earth on February 15th 2013.

[Habit7]

This same thing happens any time there is a large earthquake, people and the press go crazy announcing all the normal earthquakes that happen daily all around the world

[stev]

just goes to show how feeble our planet is in this universe.....a tiny spec of dust caused so much havoc when it came into our atmosphere...

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

This same thing happens any time there is a large earthquake, people and the press go crazy announcing all the normal earthquakes that happen daily all around the world

so?

It helps alot with educating the masses about natural events

Yes there are many earthquakes and objects that hit our atmosphere everyday - but it's only the large ones that get noticed.