Meteorite rain in Russia

[KAI]

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130215/179481049.html

[trap15]

Fuck meteorites, this is much better news:
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130214/17946 ... Putin.html

Does this mean Strider Hiryu will happen IRL? I sure hope so.

[KAI]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR7U1AAWuLc

[trap15]

o7

[CMoon]

Fuckin' cool!

[Ed Oscuro]

Not even Putin can shatter 1 million square feet of glass, at least not all at once.

Also lol:

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a nationalist leader noted for vehement statements, said "It's not meteors falling. It's the test of a new weapon by the Americans," the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Other people had more intelligent comments. Worth noting that the meteor's size was only a few meters wide.

[DEL]

The girl on Russia Today this morning said that its not related to this evening's DA14 main asteroid. - Oh right! Its just a coincidence.

Ever seen the start of the Armageddon film? The bit where several smaller parts of the main chunk hit Earth before the Big Boy.
I'm not saying it will hit, but to say its not related to DA14 on the same day........oh c'mon

[Ed Oscuro]

The girl on Russia Today this morning said that its not related to this evening's DA14 main asteroid. - Oh right! Its just a coincidence.

Yes, DEL:

Scientists have played down suggestions that there is any link between the event in the Urals and 2012 DA14, an asteroid expected to race past the Earth on Friday at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200 miles) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size.

Prof Alan Fitzsimmons, of the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen's University Belfast, said there was "almost definitely" no connection.

"One reason is that 2012 DA14 is approaching Earth from the south, and this object hit in the northern hemisphere," he told BBC News.

"This is literally a cosmic coincidence, although a spectacular one."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116 (maybe not your favorite news, but a better source for science news than a Hollywood film)

[KAI]

I don't believe in coincidences.

[mesh control]

The girl on Russia Today this morning said that its not related to this evening's DA14 main asteroid. - Oh right! Its just a coincidence.

Ever seen the start of the Armageddon film? The bit where several smaller parts of the main chunk hit Earth before the Big Boy.
I'm not saying it will hit, but to say its not related to DA14 on the same day........oh c'mon

What the fuck is wrong with you?

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/ ... TRAJECTORY

[mesh control]

ALSO:


A ROADSIDE PICNIC, PERHAPS?

/jk

[mesh control]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the asteroid and meteorite.

[Ed Oscuro]

A ROADSIDE PICNIC, PERHAPS?

METEOR IS DEELICIUS

(om nom nom etc.)

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Meanwhile

[sven666]

meh.. just another russian dashcam vid.. there really is no limit to their contents now!?

[Ed Oscuro]

meh.. just another russian dashcam vid.. there really is no limit to their contents now!?

well the last one I saw had guts all over the road, this one's a little improvement if you ask me

[broken harbour]

In Russia, space explores YOU!

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

More Than 1,000 Russians Injured In Freaking Coolest Event Ever