Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,000 injured

  • By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

    Associated Press

  • Friday, February 15th, 2013
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AP photo In this photo, a meteorite contrail is seen over a village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo near of Chelyabinsk on Friday. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 1,000 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

AP photo In this photo, a meteorite contrail is seen over a village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo near of Chelyabinsk on Friday. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 1,000 people, including many hurt by broken glass.