Chelyabinsk meteorite

By now, everyone has probably already heard about the meteorite that exploded over the Chelyabinsk city in Russia. Ā There are tonnes of videos on YouTube and photos all over the web. Ā I think this one, that meshes a few of them together, is pretty good.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMygG4F0hk8]

And as far as comments go, I think this Slashdot comment is the best:

Meteors are the universe’s way to askĀ hows your space program going.

And the last thing I want to add on the subject is that I’m really glad nobody is dead. Ā A lot of people were injured, and there is plenty of damage to buildings, but that all is repairable. Ā If that trajectory of that thing was slightly different, and it hit the ground before exploding, I imagine the damage would be way greater.