[Islander7]

Residents of the town of Emanzhilinsk, some 50 kilometers from Chelyabinsk, said they saw a flying object that suddenly burst into flames, broke apart and fell to earth, and that a black cloud had been seen hanging above the town. Witnesses in Chelyabinsk said the city’s air smells like gunpowder.

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The pictures and video at the link are incredible.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Meteroite that is iron and sulfer ?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Doreen Taylor - Judgment Day

[BIV]

Lots of comments and incredible videos in general chat. Looks like just one meteor that exploded in the atmosphere. The notion that the Russians shot it down are absurd.
I have seen “Earth grazers” before, but this was really something. Reportedly, the meteorite just about wiped out a large zinc factory.

[Utilizer]

The pictures and video at the link are incredible.

Where are YOU from? Detroit? Chicago? That's what all the pictures look like except for the smoke trails and a couple of streaming lights. Could be ANY low-rent neighborhood/project/slums from the pics.

Then in the first couple of paragraphs, they claim to have 'intercepted' it, whatever "it" was and blown it into pieces. Yeah, and kim-jung-ill plays a perfect game of golf too. Not to mention first person on the moon or so he claims.

Real meteorites travel several times the speed of sound -I would LOVE to know what kind of missile they threw at it to blow it up. Or maybe they just were quick on the slingshots that day?

[BIV]

I just read that a Russian space observatory official says that the meteor was not associated with asteroid 2012 DA14. He also said no one spotted it coming because it was approaching from the direction of the sun.

[billys kid]

SkyNewsBreak Reuters: 500 people have been injured in meteor shower in Chelyabinsk area of Russia

[Alaska Wolf]

All those broken windows in the middle of winter are going to cause immense problems.

[Sir Gawain]

More vids here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9872020/Meteorite-falling-over-Russia-caught-on-camera.html

[Theophilus]

Drudge link smelled like a hoax.

[Telepathic Intruder]

I wonder why the report says they’re checking radiation levels. Don’t they know meteors don’t cause radiation?

[Drago]

Just a splinter of the big one that arrives later today: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130201315144.html

[gunsequalfreedom]

Alright, where are the photos you billed in your headline?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Scroll down for more videos.
Incredible meteor strike caught on video: Russia (Video collection)

[LibertyRocks]

Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, up to 500 injured (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

Russia Today is reporting at least 3 debris sites, and up to 500 injured.

[Glad to see this in News/Activism instead of Chat where the old thread has been the last 5 hours...]

[BuffaloJack]

I seriously doubt that the Russian missiles actually hit the meteorite. It is more likely that the meteorite slammed into a missile by accident. Nothing is going to accurately intercept and destroy anything traveling at 30,000 mph.