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CathyA
2-15-13, 1:23pm
Wow! Did you see the video of that? Pretty amazing that no one was seriously hurt.
I was thinking that was the one that was supposed to come by the Earth so closely, but it was a different one.
Pretty scary!
Tussiemussies
2-15-13, 2:59pm
I just read about it coming close to the earth but didn't know it somehow impacted Russia...
CathyA
2-15-13, 3:13pm
Apparently, this was a different one. There are videos of it burning across the sky in a Russian town, and hitting some buildings. Pretty amazing.
Tussiemussies
2-15-13, 3:22pm
Hi again Cathy, There was one today around 2:25 that was to come close to the earth also. Saw it on the Farmers Almanac I have on my FB.

Exciting stuff if no one or nothing is harmed...
CathyA
2-15-13, 4:14pm
Here is a couple videos of it going across the sky in Russia. Yes, there's another one that's supposed to come close, but I think this one was totally unexpected.
http://grist.org/article/a-meteorite-hit-russia-this-morning-and-heres-what-it-looked-like/
Tussiemussies
2-15-13, 4:28pm
Just read a little clip about it and they said that there were people hurt among them children....so sad.
Mrs-M
2-15-13, 5:03pm
Wow! Space, is so beautiful, but yet so dangerous.
CathyA
2-15-13, 5:32pm
At first, they said no one was seriously injured, but now that is changing. :(
Its amazing that more meteorites don't hit earth. I wonder why this one didn't burn up when it hit our atmosphere? Maybe alot of it did.....otherwise, it could have been much worse.
JaneV2.0
2-15-13, 5:40pm
Considering what happened at Tunguska, this one was not as bad as it could have been.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event