As long as I dont wake up to this
In all seriousness, I guess an air detonation is better than a direct impact.
Depends, Tunguska was an air detonation too afaik.
Meteorite crash in Russia
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Depends, Tunguska was an air detonation too afaik.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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Oh, that's the one that missed earth by 15 minutes or something?
Well yeah, but wouldnt the damage have been worse if the Tunguska object actually hit?
Jesus Christ just smashed those windows easly and from far way just with the shockwave
Technically not yet, its closest approach will be at 2:24 p.m. EST according to space.com. But yeah its supposed to miss us.
peanutbutterlatte
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Armageddon out of here! But seriously, this is nothing right? Regular occurrence?
PjotrStroganov
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Many do. Which makes events like these the best documented in the world.
But do we already know whether the blast is coming from the supersonic shockwave or the thing exploding in mid air?
Pretty common apparently, helps with insurance claims when idiot drivers crash into you. Everyone should have one really, they're pretty cheap even for an HD one.
I guess.
50% of the videos on liveleak are from dash mounted cameras in Russia. I shit you not.
Not exactly. The object itself was probably of a size which enters our atmosphere every year. Just a guess there. But the combination of it happening over a populated area and exploding make this a pretty rare event.
They're required for insurance purposes afaik
HalfBakedProphet
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this would scare me shitless. The whole area lighting up like that, fucking crazy
Anyone watch Seeking a Friend for the End of the World? I liked it, it totally bombed in theaters though
Anyone watch Seeking a Friend for the End of the World? I liked it, it totally bombed in theaters though
Wind's Howling
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That is how I feel the entire government should warn us.
That we only have a few more weeks to live and that they can not do anything about it. Let people live the way they always wanted to do, and let them find their last happiness by doing something they would have normally never done in his or her everyday life.
That should be impossible.
Edit: Found it on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derweze
It's a collapsed natural gas cavern.
PjotrStroganov
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It looks like that is the place with the natural gas caught on fire. Not the impact crater. Imo.
fake. This was shown on russian tv news with even worse headlines.
SmellyHands
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It looks like that video is from Turkmenistan. Here it posted in 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEjoga1yrn0
Hahaha, yeah that's it alight.
Why does no one in these videos panic, they just laugh. Russia is one crazy country.
Russia wasn't putin up with that meteorite.
ClassyPenguin
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Yep.
maquiladora
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Doesn't look there is an actual impact, I doubt anything will actually be found on the ground. From the videos it seems to have exploded high up due to atmospheric friction. Awesome to have so many videos documenting it and the blast wave.
Will be interesting to hear the estimated size of the blast.
Will be interesting to hear the estimated size of the blast.
I would guess 10-20 feet wide. I'm no expert, but that's my guess.
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Phil Plait said on twitter that it was maybe a meter or so across. I think that's just a very early rough guess on his part though.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
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Jesus at that shockwave/boom. You can just hear the glass breaking. So cool.
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will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
nope, just heard a boom
but nothing happened.
probably an explosion being part of construction work nearby
So many new vids on YouTube. Another one with glass shattering around the cameraman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GRqK3OWLqs
I wonder what those people though was going on. From the looks of this vid, I probably would have figured that we were under attack or something.
I wonder what those people though was going on. From the looks of this vid, I probably would have figured that we were under attack or something.
that's like making the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
except it's probably not. care to elaborate?
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G3R6hwzb7wU
Best one seen so far, must be sonic booms. Continual booms.
Best one seen so far, must be sonic booms. Continual booms.
ShiroAmakusa
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Some folks in here already told you why there are so many dash cams in russia but in case you (or anyone else) want to read more about it, Geek.com covered this just a month ago:
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-p...sian-dash-cam-videos-on-the-internet-2013019/
On topic: While I feel sorry for all the people affected by the explosion, I'd love to witness something like this with my own eyes. The most beautiful cosmical(?) spectacle I was able to witness were polar lights in Finland (Kakslauttanen).
Impressive picture of the explosion in the sky, quoted for size:
Didn't saw this one posted, explosion at 31 seconds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9TWZ82zqJY
Didn't saw this one posted, explosion at 31 seconds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9TWZ82zqJY
*looks at avatar* I'm onto your nefarious plan.
fierrotlepou
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Insane. Can't believe people thought the footage of the "crater" was real. It's a cool phenomenon though.
That's pretty crazy. Only if you have ensurance tho?
Insane vids and pics showing up. So crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W90i4nZZAQ&feature=youtu.be
The first couple of seconds you see that fireball coming right at you...My goodness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W90i4nZZAQ&feature=youtu.be
The first couple of seconds you see that fireball coming right at you...My goodness.
Hank Scorpio
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lol yeah. No verbal responses at all in the car dash vids I've washed.
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Black Republican
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