Meteor falls in Russia

PRECISING NATURE OF FALLING OBJECT A meteorite trail is seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, on February 15, 2013. A heavy meteor shower rained down today on central Russia, sowing panic as the hurtling space debris smashed windows and injured dozens of stunned locals, officials said. AFP PHOTO / 74.RU/ OLEG KARGOPOLOVOLEG KARGOPOLOV/AFP/Getty Images

A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed over Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that injured 1000 people and frightened countless more.

Pictured: A meteorite trail was seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15.

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epa03585347 Cars drive past the site of a collapsed wall and roof of a zinc plant warehouse in Chelyabinsk, Urals, Russia 15 February 2013. The distruction was caused by a falling meteorite in the Chelyabinsk region.Over seven hundred people sought medical assistance in Chelyabinsk with most of the wounds caused by shards of flying glass. EPA/EUGENY KHAZHEEV

Cars drove past the site of a collapsed wall and roof of a zinc plant warehouse in Chelyabinsk, The distruction was caused by a falling meteorite.

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A view of the wall of a local zinc plant which was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, on February 15, 2013. A meteor strike in central Russia that left today hundreds of people injured is the biggest known human toll from a space rock, a British expert said. AFP PHOTO / 74.RU/ OLEG KARGOPOLOV --BEST QUALITY FROM SOURCE--OLEG KARGOPOLOV/AFP/Getty Images

The wall of a local zinc plant was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor.

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epa03585136 A man walks past a building with shattered windows after a meteorite shock wave in Chelyabinsk, Urals, Russia 15 February 2013. A meteorite shower over central Russia injured approximately 400 people on 15 February, authorities said, with most of the wounds caused by shards of flying glass. The burning rocks damaged buildings and shook the ground as they crashed into six towns in the Chelyabinsk region, located in an area of the Urals some 1,500 kilometres east of Moscow. EPA/VYACHESLAV NIKULIN

The windows were shattered in this building by the meteorite shock wave.

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People stand in front of the facade of a local shop which was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, on February 15, 2013. A meteor strike in central Russia that left today hundreds of people injured is the biggest known human toll from a space rock, a British expert said. AFP PHOTO / 74.RU/ OLEG KARGOPOLOV --BEST QUALITY FROM SOURCE--OLEG KARGOPOLOV/AFP/Getty Images

A local shop was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor.

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epa03585305 A worker delets pieces of broken window glass in Chelyabinsk, Urals, Russia 15 February 2013, after a shock landing of a meteorite in the Chelyabinsk region. Over seven hundred people sought medical assistance in Chelyabinsk with most of the wounds caused by shards of flying glass. EPA/EUGENY KHAZHEEV

A worker deleted pieces of broken window glass in Chelyabinsk.

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In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russiaâs Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Chelyabinsk.ru)

The meteor’s contrail was seen over Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15.

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