Meteorite Explodes Over Central Russia - Off-Topic

#1 Edited by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

So yeah, this is kind of insane. A massive meteorite exploded over Central Russia and did some crazy damage. Get your bug out bags ready duders, the end is nigh.

"Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of kilometres as they crashed into the Ural region.
Chelyabinsk residents reported shaking ground, windows being shattered and car alarms being set off during the shower."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

http://kotaku.com/5984474/meteorite-explodes-over-russia-you-may-begin-with-the-alien-invasion-jokes/gallery/1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-explosion-shakes-russian

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite/1921991/

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html (Plenty of videos of the events here)

Edit: For reference here's a video of the sound of it.

#2 Posted by ThePencil (382 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Been sitting up all morning watching these videos and following the news. Shit is both crazy awesome, and scary as all shitting shit. Imagine going on your morning commute and then -HOLY SHIT MORGAN FREEMAN APOCALYPSE TIME streaking past your car window.

#3 Edited by dungbootle (2247 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Here's a video (in the Kotaku link too). Crazy.

#4 Posted by Weltal (2249 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Wow, that video is incredible. That's some crazy ass shit right there.

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#6 Edited by Aetheldod (2476 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

So the sound is made by the entry into the atmosphere? Also there were no casualties right? I hope not

Edit: I read the news there were injured people but from broken glass. Crazy man!

#7 Posted by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@aetheldod: Doesn't sound like any casualties, although there is reports of over a hundred injured mainly from broken glass.

#8 Posted by Extreme_Popcorn (814 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html

Lots of dash cams and pictures on this blog.

#9 Posted by RPGee (689 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Fuck me, that's ... I kind of don't know. I want to say that's kind of cool, but that's also scary of fuck. Was there any warning to it, any scientist with an eye to a telescope who went "That looks bigger than I remember"?

It can't have been too big of an object as well, relatively speaking. It'll be interesting, seeing the commentary on it and its properties.

#10 Posted by Nev (376 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Wow, wild. Can't even imagine walking down the street and seeing/hearing that. Scary shit.

#11 Posted by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@extreme_popcorn said:

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html

Lots of dash cams and pictures on this blog.

Man, some of those are just insane; added to the list of links in the first post.

#12 Posted by RandomInternetUser (6779 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Oh my christ, that video startled me even though I knew it was coming. That would be terrifying to be there.

#13 Posted by MB (9883 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@aetheldod said:

So the sound is made by the entry into the atmosphere? Also there were no casualties right? I hope not

Edit: I read the news there were injured people but from broken glass. Crazy man!

Sonic boom, dude.

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#14 Posted by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@mb:

#15 Posted by charlie_victor_bravo (638 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Frightening and yet so fascinating.

~250 injured.

#16 Posted by MistaSparkle (2069 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

And I guess it's not the meteor we were expecting to pass over today...that sounds like bad news.

#17 Posted by WalkerTR77 (1255 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

XCOM project is securing funding as we speak.

#18 Edited by TheHT (8077 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Holy fucking shit.

#19 Edited by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

From Reuters, new estimates put it at over 400 injured - http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215

#20 Posted by Aegon (3491 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Does anyone have video of the crater?

#21 Posted by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@aegon: It doesn't look like there is any at the moment, although I'm sure something will come out over the course of the day.

#22 Posted by Nictel (1338 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

I heard about a meteor going pass the earth in a 'near miss' on the radio yesterday. I wonder if this is related.

#23 Posted by probablytuna (2506 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

That must be one terrifying sight. Hot damn!

#24 Posted by TheHT (8077 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@aegon: @joshthebear: I thought the meteor didn't make it through the atmosphere. If so there wouldn't be a crater per se, but there may be damage from meteorites.

#25 Posted by OfficeGamer (1024 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

dayumn

#26 Edited by cmblasko (596 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Yeah, this is why the human race has to collectively start shoveling funds into our space programs and developing some sort of solutions to these kinds of problems ASAP. Maybe this time it is a small meteorite, but eventually it's going to be a massive meteor with the power to take out all of Russia that we will have to deal with.

#27 Edited by Winternet (7262 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Man that video of the dude driving on the highway is crazy. What a feeling it must be to be casually driving and then BLAM a fucking meteor falls from the sky. Insane.

This seems to be the crater, not really sure, because it's Russia: http://vk.com/video4046055_164571326?hash=183b7e98615893d0

#28 Posted by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@winternet said:

This seems to be the crater, not really sure, because it's Russia: http://vk.com/video4046055_164571326?hash=183b7e98615893d0

Holy shit, that crater is ridiculous. It does not even look real, but more like something straight out of a movie.

#29 Edited by Aegon (3491 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@joshthebear said:

@winternet said:

This seems to be the crater, not really sure, because it's Russia: http://vk.com/video4046055_164571326?hash=183b7e98615893d0

Holy shit, that crater is ridiculous. It does not even look real, but more like something straight out of a movie.

It's apparently a pre-existing gas crater. Link

#30 Posted by Oldirtybearon (3065 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

so this is where we all get to the Metro to ride out the apocalypse, right?

#31 Posted by Venatio (4425 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

NASA says it's unrelated to 2012 DA14 on their twitter feed

#32 Posted by L44 (491 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Man that would have been cool.

#33 Edited by joshthebear (2325 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@aegon said:

@joshthebear said:

@winternet said:

This seems to be the crater, not really sure, because it's Russia: http://vk.com/video4046055_164571326?hash=183b7e98615893d0

Holy shit, that crater is ridiculous. It does not even look real, but more like something straight out of a movie.

It's apparently a pre-existing gas crater. Link

Man, that's kind of a buzzkill.

#34 Posted by Winternet (7262 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@joshthebear said:

@aegon said:

@joshthebear said:

@winternet said:

This seems to be the crater, not really sure, because it's Russia: http://vk.com/video4046055_164571326?hash=183b7e98615893d0

Holy shit, that crater is ridiculous. It does not even look real, but more like something straight out of a movie.

It's apparently a pre-existing gas crater. Link

Man, that's kind of a buzzkill.

Indeed.

#35 Edited by TooWalrus (11799 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Man, thank god for russian dash cams, that footage is insanely cool.

#36 Edited by crusader8463 (13057 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Crazy. Glad it didn't happen in a populated city or that could have been ugly.

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#38 Posted by TheHT (8077 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

@aegon: Yeah, that's the Door to Hell, or something like that. Still pretty nuts.

#39 Posted by Morbid_Coffee (930 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

Aquasilk pls D:

#40 Edited by Swiket (8 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

According to some ham radio nerds, UVB-76 stopped broadcasting when the meteorite hit.

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