Russian Meteor 15-02-2013 (Best Shots) HD

Many different angles. Terrifying! Today, February 15, 2013 About: No deaths were reported, but about 1500 people were injured seriously enough to seek medical treatment. The Chelyabinsk meteor is the only meteor confirmed to have resulted in many injuries. The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT (03:20 UTC). It was caused by an approximately 20 m (66 ft) near-Earth asteroid with a speed of ± kilometres per second (60,000–69,000 km/h or 40,000–42,900 mph). It quickly became a brilliant superbolide meteor over the southern Ural region. The light from the meteor was brighter than the Sun, visible up to 100 km (62 mi) away. It was observed over a wide area of the region and in neighbouring republics. Some eyewitnesses also felt intense heat from the fireball. Due to its high velocity and shallow angle of atmospheric entry, the object exploded in an air burst over C