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A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that injured about 1,100 people and damaged 3,000 buildings.
In this frame grab made from a video recorded with a dashboard camera, a meteor streaks through the sky over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday.
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Chelyabinsk.ru/AP Photo2 of 12
A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday.
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AFP PHOTO / CHELYABINSK REGION POLICE DEPARTMENT3 of 12
People stand near a 20-foot hole in the ice of a frozen lake, reportedly the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul, Russia.
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Nadezhda Luchinina/AP Photo4 of 12
A meteorite contrail is seen over the vilage of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo on Friday.
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Oleg Kargapolov, Chelyabinsk.ru/AP Photo5 of 12
Municipal workers repair a damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 6000 square feet of a roof collapsed.
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Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz/AP Photo6 of 12
A meteorite contrail is seen in this screen grab of a video recorded with a dashboard camera on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, on Friday.
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OLEG KARGOPOLOV/AFP/Getty Images7 of 12
A meteorite trail is seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, on Feb. 15.
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Boris Kaulin/AP Photo8 of 12
Cars pass by a zinc factory building with its roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk Friday.
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Boris Kaulin/AP Photo9 of 12
A local resident repairs a window broken by a shockwave from a meteor explosion in Chelyabinsk Friday.
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Nadezhda Luchinina, E1.ru/AP Photo10 of 12
A meteorite contrail is seen over the village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo on Friday.
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Sergey Hametov/AP Photo11 of 12
In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a meteorite contrail is seen in Chelyabinsk region on Friday.
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A minivan passes a zinc factory building with about 6000 square feet of collapsed roof on Friday.
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WONT BE LONG TILL WE ALL FEEL THE EFFECTS THAT RUSSIA FELT
February 28 2013 at 10:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywas this really a ten ton meteor?
February 16 2013 at 5:37 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply