Russian Meteorite

[bibblebub]

A compilation of some of the videos showing the meteorite that exploded over Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Omh7_I8vI

[jake-the-peg]

Wow!

[B00]

That is sooooo cool!

you'd think it was the Armageddon wouldn't you if you saw it?

[bibblebub]

latest reports give 400 injured from broken glass http://en.rian.ru/science/20130215/179483483/Some-400-Injured-in-Russian-Meteor-Shower--------.html

[rockyracoon]

That's better than the videos Sky News are showing.

[emmie]

looks like the end of the world is nigh

[Old_Geezer]

Impressive.

Then is a near miss due tonight too.

[emmie]

on the radio news just now, says that the meteorite shower may have injured more than 400 people, wow indeed.

[emmie]

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

[bibblebub]

one thing that these videos do show (along with numerous car crash videos) are that there are a lot of Russian motorists who drive around with camcorders recording all the time

[Old_Geezer]

I did wonder about that. Maybe it's common for insurance purposes to have one running in the car ?

[yogi-bear]

Wow

Tonight, at about 7.30pm UK time, we apparently have an asteroid coming within approx 17,000 miles of the earth, which may knock out some satellites, but not hit us......I piggin' well hope not, as at that time I'll be on the A23 heading up to London for a gig, and will spoil my plans, let alone getting paid.

Tut! and double tut! :)

[Mosaic]

Thanks for the link bibble - fascinating

[belrec]

Thanks for that it was awesome x

[bibblebub]

a footnote - here's an article about the use of dashcams in Russia http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/15/meteorite-footage-russia-dashcams

[emmie]

was watching the news and some of the footage is really frightening,

[bibblebub]

there's a collection of numerous videos here http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415492,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29

but I've picked out one that gives you an idea of the loudness of the bangs (at about 30s when you think it's all over)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=QlX7xO6rWts#!

[pusskin]

fantastic videos!

[emmie]

indeed, these were cctv, video footage of homes, schools, windows being blown out like being bombed in the war,

[emmie]

http://news.sky.com/story/1052514/meteorite-shower-hits-russia-injuring-over-900