Meteor Explodes Near Chelyabinsk Injuring a Thousand

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haha. Its strange that they think that. Considering how much money the Americans put into their military they can do a lot better than dropping a rock on someone.

Of course austerity does play an important role in arms procurment right now and I would think large cheap rocks would be considered seriously. What if this was just a marketing scheme?
 

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More detailed higher resolution image of the meteor:



Isn't that Putin?
I kinda thought it might have been Colpy. :D

Maybe they'll find Spock
Maybe they'll find two of him:
 

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Of course austerity does play an important role in arms procurment right now and I would think large cheap rocks would be considered seriously. What if this was just a marketing scheme?

Maybe Lockheed Martin was behind this? Maybe they're bidding on an economically efficient weapon for the new age of austerity? It's called the Econobomb.
 

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The mystery of the Somerset 'meteor': Wildlife photographer catches flaming object streaking through West Country sky


Mystery fireball captured on film in Somerset

The ball of light looks like the meteor that rocked central Russia on Friday

It also looks a lot like a Chinese sky lantern, or a firework


By Sam Webb
17 February 2013
Daily Mail


Has the South West of Britain had a brush with a meteor similar to the one that rocked central Russia on Friday?

Probably not, but mystery still surrounds this mysterious object captured hurtling across the British sky by a wildlife photographer.

Stunned Annie Henderson, 65, was taking pictures of starlings on the Somerset Levels with a friend when she saw the bright light moving at high speed.



Fire in the sky: Wildlife photographer Annie Henderson was amazed to see this fiery object above a nature reserve


Streak: A close up of the mysterious blazing object

She took a number of shots of the spectacle and was amazed when she blew them up on her computer the next day.

The distant light appears to be burning with flaming gases shooting off its form, baffling the retired garden centre owner.

Annie, who is a keen wildlife photographer, captured the image on February 6 over the Avalon Marshes nature reserve at Shapwick Heath, Somerset.


The bright light moved at high speed, said Annie. The images were taken on February 6 over the Avalon Marshes nature reserve at Shapwick Heath, Somerset.


Is it a meteor? Or simply a Chinese sky lantern beloved of festival goers? The distant light appears to be burning with flaming gases shooting off from the main body



Sky lantern or meteor? The lanterns are traditionally used to mark Chinese celebrations but have become popular throughout the world

She said: 'We were out photographing the starlings at 5.25pm and saw the bright thing in the sky, but thought it was just a high flying plane or a satellite.

'It was only the next morning that I uploaded the pictures on my computer and saw what was on the pictures when I zoomed in.

'I didn't know what to think, it was amazing. There was no sound and you could see it with the naked eye.



Reader Joe King sent in this picture of a mysterious object in the sky over Dubai on February 8


'I've never seen anything like it before, and I've lived on the levels for 17 years. Nobody seems to know what it was.'

On Friday a meteor crashed in Russia's Ural mountains - injuring at least 950 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings.

Reader Joe King read this story and sent in this picture of another mysterious object in the sky in the Middle East on February 8.

He said: 'I saw a similar object in the sky above Dubai on Friday 8th February around 6pm local time.

'They look very similar.'


Shockwave: People heading to work in Chelyabinsk, Russia, heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave when a meteor soared across the sky above them

The mystery of the Somerset 'meteor': Wildlife photographer catches flaming object streaking through West Country sky | Mail Online
 

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Russian MeteorRussian Meteor—Another Shock to the System

Posted on February 25, 2013 by B Talbott
The recent explosion of a large meteor over Russia caused hundreds of injuries and considerable damage to local buildings—the most destructive such event in more than 100 years. The explosion has also raised new questions pointing directly to the behavior of large meteors in the Electric Universe