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    Meteorite hits Russia

    A meteor the size of a bus exploded in the atmosphere over the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15, terrifying thousands with blinding light flashes and powerful sonic booms that shattered windows, damaged buildings, and injuries may be heading toward 1,000, mainly due to flying glass and debris.

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    1. A policeman works near an ice hole at lake Chebarkul, said by the Interior Ministry department for Chelyabinsk to be the point of impact of a meteor
    2. Still image from video shows the trail of a falling object above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    3. In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing
    4. View from a residential apartment shows the trail of a falling object above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    5. Trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    6. Man removes shards of glass from the frame of a broken window following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    7. People look at damage to a shop following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    8. Broken windows and debris are seen inside a sports hall following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    9. Man poses for a photograph after receiving treatment for injuries sustained from a shock wave that followed after object fell from the sky in the Urals region, in a hospital in Chelyabinsk
    10. In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a
    11. In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed af
    12. Damage is seen after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    13. Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
    14. Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk

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