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Meteor Lands in Russia

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on February 19, 2013
A fiery meteor streaks over the Ural Mountains. Image from Nasha Gazeta, AP

On Friday, February 15, a meteor broke into fragments before hitting the ground near Chelyabinsk, Russia, creating a sonic boom that shattered windows and injured as many as a thousand people. No more meteorites are expected to fall in the region in the near future.

See pictures from the meteor strike on National Geographic News.

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