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AtheistCrusader

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18. That is bad ass.

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Fri Feb 15, 2013, 02:02 AM

Feb 2013

I saw one like that over the Cascades in Washington one night, and it was disorienting to see it come down like that. The speed is difficult to grasp, since we usually just see slow shit, like airplanes and stuff, and very rarely anything from outside our atmosphere coming down. Also, the one I saw was much, much smaller.

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Explosions in Chelyabinsk; Meteorite Suspected-amazing videos [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP

Wow. incoming meteor breaking up - just incredible. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2013 #1

VIDEO: Full News Report Coyotl Feb 2013 #48

Incredible. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #2

Wow. jsr Feb 2013 #3

Finally. Our Martian overlords have arrived. onehandle Feb 2013 #4

25 years ago during the Perseied meteor shower in the summer, kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #5

Message auto-removed Leeds Devil Feb 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #28

And 2012DA14 zooms by tomorrow! longship Feb 2013 #6

WOW! elleng Feb 2013 #7

Not until the 15th (link:) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #9

Close enough, imo! elleng Feb 2013 #11

The 15th where? It's been the 15th for hours elsewhere jannyk Feb 2013 #22

In the early afternoon EST LeftInTX Feb 2013 #26

It has already come and gone. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #57

That's pretty awesome....nt Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #8

That was cool... neverforget Feb 2013 #10

My brother spent a lot of time hunting meteorites in the CA desert pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #12

UN-believable! Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #13

found this video just now, shows sky view from start to finish dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #52

Whoa! rjdem1977_gg Feb 2013 #14

Wow. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #15

interesting that the sound seems to come minutes after renegade000 Feb 2013 #16

That is bad ass. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #18

Holy crap! nt OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #19

Wow! burrowowl Feb 2013 #20

wow ZRT2209 Feb 2013 #21

Amazing! Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #23

Kick ass videos....Just wow.... Rowdyboy Feb 2013 #24

Wow! Tree-Hugger Feb 2013 #25

Wow, that one entered the atmosphere, then went back into space! LeftInTX Feb 2013 #27

They do now and then Tree-Hugger Feb 2013 #33

I saw that one from a golf course in Boise IDemo Feb 2013 #46

chemtrails. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #29

Death Star pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #30

War Of Da Worlds! Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #38

The Blob, pod people... pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #39

We should hear within days whether any survived to the ground. Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #31

(**cough**) "UFO fears" ??? ---> Petrushka Feb 2013 #32

Just a weather balloon. Or swamp gas. FSogol Feb 2013 #44

Man, they must eat a lotta beans in their swamps. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #58

WOWIE ZOWIE ! AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #34

The videos are incredible. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #35

Here is more information Tree-Hugger Feb 2013 #36

The one with the sound was the best Warpy Feb 2013 #37

It detonated at about 30,000 Berlin Expat Feb 2013 #47

Update: The pressure wave Berlin Expat Feb 2013 #49

No kidding. Any guesses yet as to the composition of it? Warpy Feb 2013 #56

Most likely nickel and iron, like most of them Posteritatis Feb 2013 #59

I'd expect a lot of ice, as well Warpy Feb 2013 #61

Doing 15 kilometers per second through the atmosphere would make anything unstable Posteritatis Feb 2013 #62

Here's the reddit link bananas Feb 2013 #40

A zinc factory in Russia is said to have been damaged or destroyed. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #41

Looks like this brick building got hit - cloud of smoke and the wall collapsed bananas Feb 2013 #42

What amazing pics. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #51

WOW! distantearlywarning Feb 2013 #43

Wow, that's pretty awesome. That would have scared the cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #45

Thanks for posting this link...pretty incredible! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #50

"There is no safety in the cosmos." Alan Watts Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #53

Damned Bugs of Klendathu. IT'S WAR!!! Kennah Feb 2013 #54

It was Omega Weapon Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #55

Just heard on NPR that the reason so many videos of this event have surfaced Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #60