Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:28 AM

Asteroids ..Neil DeGrasse Tyson plus impact photos from Russia

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From his facebook today

More videos, latestnews, pictures from Russia
Link: http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

its in english

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Asteroids ..Neil DeGrasse Tyson plus impact photos from Russia (Original post)	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	OP
Kicked for added photos	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	#1
What space program?	blkmusclmachine	Feb 2013	#2
I used to be bothered by the death of the US space program	CBGLuthier	Feb 2013	#17
New video	magellan	Feb 2013	#3
The Russians are covering it better.. good link with photos and video	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	#4
Thanks! Incredible footage	magellan	Feb 2013	#5
Here, there's sound on both of these...	countryjake	Feb 2013	#11
Thank you! n/t	magellan	Feb 2013	#13
FUNNY!!	SkyDaddy7	Feb 2013	#14
With a telephone wire no less	Duer 157099	Feb 2013	#47
NPR's Morning report called that a "sparsely populated area"	A HERETIC I AM	Feb 2013	#6
CNN reports 500+ people injured	pinboy3niner	Feb 2013	#7
Russian news reports	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	#8
i wonder if lots of people saw the bright light	renegade000	Feb 2013	#33
AKA: "Let's marginalize this story ASAP."	WinkyDink	Feb 2013	#30
three meteorite debris impact sites,	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	#9
Little bitty rocks.	hobbit709	Feb 2013	#10
Amazing this doesn't happen more frequently...	Cooley Hurd	Feb 2013	#12
EXACTLY!!!	SkyDaddy7	Feb 2013	#15
That won't make a difference to impacts.	hobbit709	Feb 2013	#16
Russian apple iphone weather app	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	#18
I love that. Thank you!	DisgustipatedinCA	Feb 2013	#39
-5 centigrade and falling meteorites	nadinbrzezinski	Feb 2013	#42
Well of course it won't matter to space rocks...	SkyDaddy7	Feb 2013	#21
It probably happens a lot more that we are aware.	A HERETIC I AM	Feb 2013	#32
Good point. I'm guessing the meteorite was too small to track/detect?	Cooley Hurd	Feb 2013	#34
Serious questions: Double contrails? Is that normal for a meteorite? nt.	OldDem2012	Feb 2013	#19
Yeah! Usually they're chem trails!	Orrex	Feb 2013	#22
"Chemtrail" might be more accurate than "contrail" here...	SidDithers	Feb 2013	#31
My list of "star members" ignoring me has really spiked in the past few days	Orrex	Feb 2013	#38
Heheh...	SidDithers	Feb 2013	#43
Up to 24 people ignoring me now	Orrex	Feb 2013	#44
Sid said the "C" word!!!1!!!!111!! MIRT & Admins Convene Emergency Session	DisgustipatedinCA	Feb 2013	#40
And a hawk spirals to the ground, a sad fleeting crash...	countryjake	Feb 2013	#45
+1000	DisgustipatedinCA	Feb 2013	#46
Two big pieces, maybe.	Octafish	Feb 2013	#28
One chunk breaking into two smaller chunks...	SidDithers	Feb 2013	#29
Completely normal, if it's breaking up on the way down	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#41
One of those is from Darth Cheney flying alongside in a military grade jet	Jamastiene	Feb 2013	#49
Thanks for that link, Iching! I hadn't seen that site, yet.	countryjake	Feb 2013	#20
First image of one of the craters	Ichingcarpenter	Feb 2013	#23
Well at least that one hit in a safe place	davidpdx	Feb 2013	#24
Now they're saying the lake was not a landing site...	countryjake	Feb 2013	#48
yow.. lots of pics at link	Voice for Peace	Feb 2013	#25
Viewed from a weather satellite...	Iterate	Feb 2013	#26
Don't buy into the asteroid thing	rightsideout	Feb 2013	#27
This is what happens when the Pope quits	Danny_Noonan	Feb 2013	#35
LMAO!	hrmjustin	Feb 2013	#36
You're a good egg Noonan. She needs you...	bluesbassman	Feb 2013	#37

Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:36 AM

Ichingcarpenter (27,804 posts)

1. Kicked for added photos

Geez... Alien attack... pretty dramatic
notice the roof?

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:39 AM

blkmusclmachine (2,875 posts)

2. What space program?

Last edited Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:40 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

We got prayer.

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Response to blkmusclmachine (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:41 AM

CBGLuthier (8,944 posts)

17. I used to be bothered by the death of the US space program

But then I realized that the solar system may be better colonized by the Chinese anyway. I look forward to some Sheckley style Martian food.

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:58 AM

magellan (12,536 posts)

3. New video

Meteor shower explodes over Central Russia

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Response to magellan (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:02 AM

Ichingcarpenter (27,804 posts)

4. The Russians are covering it better.. good link with photos and video

Military also have discovered the crater

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:05 AM

magellan (12,536 posts)

5. Thanks! Incredible footage

Is it just me or is there no sound on that montage?

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Response to magellan (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:03 AM

countryjake (4,779 posts)

11. Here, there's sound on both of these...

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Response to countryjake (Reply #11)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:10 AM

magellan (12,536 posts)

13. Thank you! n/t

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:35 AM

SkyDaddy7 (4,572 posts)

14. FUNNY!!

In the comments section folks think the Russian Air Force shot the meteorite down! LOL!!

My guess is Putin will claim he personally shot it down!!! LOL!!

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Response to SkyDaddy7 (Reply #14)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 03:31 PM

Duer 157099 (16,535 posts)

47. With a telephone wire no less

Swear to god I saw an image of a telephone wire intersecting the smoke trail and someone claimed that was a missile.

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:11 AM

A HERETIC I AM (10,269 posts)

6. NPR's Morning report called that a "sparsely populated area"

Looks rather unsparse to me

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Response to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:13 AM

pinboy3niner (27,548 posts)

7. CNN reports 500+ people injured

Vast majority of casualties reported to be from glass from windows shattered by the blast.

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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:19 AM

Ichingcarpenter (27,804 posts)

8. Russian news reports

As of 15:00 Moscow time, 725 people have sought medical attention in Chelyabinsk alone because of the disaster, 112 of whom have been hospitalized .Among the injured there are 84 children

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

its in english

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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:16 AM

renegade000 (1,655 posts)

33. i wonder if lots of people saw the bright light

started peering out the window... only to have it break right in front of them when the air-blast finally hit

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Response to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:06 AM

WinkyDink (37,068 posts)

30. AKA: "Let's marginalize this story ASAP."

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:47 AM

Ichingcarpenter (27,804 posts)

9. three meteorite debris impact sites,

Army units found three meteorite debris impact sites, two of which are in an area near Chebarkul Lake, west of Chelyabinsk. The third site was found some 80 kilometers further to the northwest, near the town of Zlatoust. One of the fragments that struck near Chebarkul left a crater six meters in diameter.

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:50 AM

hobbit709 (26,091 posts)

10. Little bitty rocks.

The flyby today would make a much bigger hole.

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:07 AM

Cooley Hurd (20,689 posts)

12. Amazing this doesn't happen more frequently...

Glad no reported deaths.

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Response to Cooley Hurd (Reply #12)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:37 AM

SkyDaddy7 (4,572 posts)

15. EXACTLY!!!

We owe our atmosphere a lot of thanks...So we pump it full of toxins & CO2!! LOL!

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Response to SkyDaddy7 (Reply #15)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:39 AM

hobbit709 (26,091 posts)

16. That won't make a difference to impacts.

It will make a difference to us but not to space rocks.

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Response to hobbit709 (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:44 AM

Ichingcarpenter (27,804 posts)

18. Russian apple iphone weather app

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #18)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:02 PM

DisgustipatedinCA (5,411 posts)

39. I love that. Thank you!

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #18)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:24 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,390 posts)

42. -5 centigrade and falling meteorites

This is a keeper.

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Response to hobbit709 (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:10 AM

SkyDaddy7 (4,572 posts)

21. Well of course it won't matter to space rocks...

But it does matter to all the life the atmosphere protects on a daily basis.

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Response to Cooley Hurd (Reply #12)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:15 AM

A HERETIC I AM (10,269 posts)

32. It probably happens a lot more that we are aware.

Last edited Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:15 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Don't forget that 70% of this planet is ocean. Think of all the open sea that has no observers at all

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Response to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #32)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 12:34 PM

Cooley Hurd (20,689 posts)

34. Good point. I'm guessing the meteorite was too small to track/detect?

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:47 AM

OldDem2012 (3,526 posts)

19. Serious questions: Double contrails? Is that normal for a meteorite? nt.

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Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:13 AM

Orrex (36,485 posts)

22. Yeah! Usually they're chem trails!

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Response to Orrex (Reply #22)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:12 AM

SidDithers (27,126 posts)

31. "Chemtrail" might be more accurate than "contrail" here...

Really depends on the material composition of the meteorite. If its mostly ice, then the trail might be like a condensation trail, as the ice flashes to steam, then condenses back to water vapour.

But if the meteorite is rock and minerals, they're burning off in the extreme heat caused by friction, leaving a trail of a mess of chemical particulate, ash and smoke.

But you can't see this 'cause you're ignoring me (glad you brought it back

)

Sid

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Response to SidDithers (Reply #31)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:59 PM

Orrex (36,485 posts)

38. My list of "star members" ignoring me has really spiked in the past few days

Wonder why...

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Response to Orrex (Reply #38)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:00 PM

SidDithers (27,126 posts)

43. Heheh...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240223204

Sid

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Response to SidDithers (Reply #43)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:03 PM

Orrex (36,485 posts)

44. Up to 24 people ignoring me now

Funny how things work out.

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Response to SidDithers (Reply #31)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:14 PM

DisgustipatedinCA (5,411 posts)

40. Sid said the "C" word!!!1!!!!111!! MIRT & Admins Convene Emergency Session

Emm-trail-Kay sensors placed throughout the website's forums confirmed that the notorious conspiracy theorist Dithers did in fact advocate for That Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken. Denizens of the site eagerly await the outcome of The Ban Hammer Council, who will release a plume of smoke to signify that they've come to a decision. Dithers spends his days waiting in a Meta holding cell, scratching the words to God Save the Queen alongside the graffiti left by previous occupants of the cell.

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Response to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #40)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:29 PM

countryjake (4,779 posts)

45. And a hawk spirals to the ground, a sad fleeting crash...

as that plume of smoke never appears.

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Response to countryjake (Reply #45)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 03:28 PM

DisgustipatedinCA (5,411 posts)

46. +1000

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Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:00 AM

Octafish (33,463 posts)

28. Two big pieces, maybe.

I saw something similar, camping in northern Michigan with a dozen high school chums in summer of '78.

Exhausted and blitzed after a day's canoeing, eating and partying, we all were laying on top of our sleeping bags, under the cloudless, black, starry sky, telling jokes and lies and all the stuff old pals say out loud.

All at once, the sky itself seemed to brighten and a meteor streaked across the sky, leaving a cloudy contrail that seemed to glow for a minute afterwards. It seemed to also have made a sizzling sound. This was followed by a loud boom.

We all were amazed. I'm still amazed, thinking about that thing.

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Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:04 AM

SidDithers (27,126 posts)

29. One chunk breaking into two smaller chunks...

Each with it's own trail. Certainly plausible.

Sid

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Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 06:18 PM

Posteritatis (17,299 posts)

41. Completely normal, if it's breaking up on the way down

The pieces tend to go on similar trajectories.

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Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #19)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 05:19 AM

Jamastiene (32,063 posts)

49. One of those is from Darth Cheney flying alongside in a military grade jet

to watch the progress of his attempt to finally get some satisfaction from getting no war "action" during the cold war.

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:49 AM

countryjake (4,779 posts)

20. Thanks for that link, Iching! I hadn't seen that site, yet.

Here's a good vid of the meteor from a distance:

(no boom)

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:16 AM

Ichingcarpenter (27,804 posts)

23. First image of one of the craters

This one in a local lake

suppose to find at least two more.

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #23)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:26 AM

davidpdx (8,809 posts)

24. Well at least that one hit in a safe place

I heard there were 4 or 5.

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #23)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:41 AM

countryjake (4,779 posts)

48. Now they're saying the lake was not a landing site...

Last edited Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:44 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

http://rt.com/news/russia-meteor-meteorite-asteroid-chelyabinsk-291/

18:40 GMT: The search for the meteorite parts at Chebarkul Lake and at other two locations has officially been stopped. The huge ice hole found at the lake on Friday “has formed because of a different reason,” the Vice-Governor of Chelyabinsk region Igor Murog told Interfax-Ural.

I guess they sent divers down and found a bunch of ooze but nothing solid, tho that part of the article implies that those divers simply gave up due to visibility problems. This more recent update sounds like they've learned something more about the hole in the ice.

Cue the Blob music...

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:27 AM

Voice for Peace (8,397 posts)

25. yow.. lots of pics at link

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Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 09:11 AM

Iterate (2,489 posts)

26. Viewed from a weather satellite...

Weather sattelite Meteosat 10 has taken an image of the meteriote shortly after entering the atmosphere.(Copyright 2013 © EUMETSAT)

Russian space agency Roskosmos has confirmed the object that crashed in the Chelyabinsk region is a meteorite:
“According to preliminary estimates, this space object is of non-technogenic origin and qualifies as a meteorite. It was moving at a low trajectory with a speed of about 30 km/s.”
http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

The view from the ground was more ominous. Oh well, at least it's flu season.