A terrifying meteorite shower left more than 500 people injured,
buildings devastated and the mobile network wiped out when it hit
Russia this morning.
Brightly burning rocks could be seen for miles as they crashed at
around 9.20am local time and one bystander described it 'like a scene
from the Armageddon movie.'
The meteor is believed to have landed in a lake near Chebarkul, a
town in the neighbouring Chelyabinsk region.
The city of Chelyabinsk, 900 miles east of Moscow and close to the
Kazakhstan border, took the brunt of the super sonic impact.
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Unexpected sight: A terrifying meteorite shower left more than 500
people injured, buildings devastated and the mobile network wiped out
when it hit Russia this morning
Terrifying: Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of
kilometres as they crashed at around 9.20am local time and one
bystander described it 'like a scene from the Armageddon movie'
Spectacular sky: The Urals region was struck by falling meteorite
fragments which fell in the city of Chelyabinsk, 900 miles east of
Moscow and close to the Kazakhstan border
Coincidence: Early indications are that the shower is unrelated to
Asteroid 2012 DA14, which is due to skim the orbit of the Earth later
today
Before and after: A video showed a street scene in Russia before
the meteorite shower struck. Seconds later the street was lit up in a
haze of bright white as the large fireball exploded
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