Meteor falling in Siberia, Russia.

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superchunk said:

Sharu said:

Somini said:

I thought this was about the meteor that's gonna pass near the Earth today, but i see the date on the video is from 2012!! Still amazing though :)

Oh, no, its todays meteor. Just wrong date on the videoregister... Russia, you know... )))

Added another video in the OP.

However, I don't think its a meteorite of the asteroid that is passing earth today very close. That was much larger and would like cause far more severe damage.

I think this just coincidence to be on same day and far smaller.

Actually it's very very likely to be a former part of that asteroid. This fragment probably seperated from the main part hundreds of thousends of years ago, but still roughly shared it's orbit.

 

appolose said:
Why on earth is this not getting more news? It's almost a side-story on Yahoo. A meteor as visible as this is extremely rare, and, save for one story, I can't recall any recorded injuries from meteorites. This one injured hundreds! This is unprecedented.

I heard most injuries are from bursting windows though.