Meteorite hits Russia; a 1,000 injured

The trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, in this view from a residential apartment. (REUTERS)

A police officer standing near a six-metre (20-foot) hole in the ice of a frozen lake, reportedly the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul in the Chelyabinsk region. Divers scoured today  the bottom of a Russian lake for fragments of a meteorite that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball whose shockwave injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes. (AFP)

A small object laying near a ruler at the edge of a six-metre (20-foot) hole in the ice of a frozen lake, reportedly the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul in the Chelyabinsk region. (AFP)

A meteorite trail is seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. (AFP)

The trail of a falling object is seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, in this still image taken from video shot. (REUTERS)

The trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. (REUTERS)

A man removes shards of glass from the frame of a broken window following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. (REUTERS)

Broken windows and debris are seen inside a sports hall following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. (REUTERS)

A man identifying himself as Viktor poses for a photograph after receiving treatment for injuries sustained from a shock wave that followed after a falling object was sighted in the sky in the Urals region, at an emergency room in a hospital in Chelyabinsk. (REUTERS)

A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions. (AP)

Workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk. (AP)

Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. (REUTERS)

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  • June 19 February 2013 11:38 0 1
    Well Nostradamus did choose to warn the earthlings his dates maybe slightly out but the history behind all his astronomical knowledge must be taken to heed, "are these the swords that are aiming for the centre of the earth all what people?" Waky waky i say
  • Alma Anaya 17 February 2013 09:07 22 2
    This is just another demonstration of human meakness in front of Nature. Sometimes we forget that mankind is not omnipotent; there will always be a greater force in the universe we won't be able to dominate.

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