{"id":7810,"date":"2013-02-14T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2013-02-14T22:22:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T08:22:33","slug":"meteor-airbursts-over-chelyabinsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=7810","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Airbursts over Chelyabinsk"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good sized meteor has airburst over the city of Chelyabinsk<\/a>, Russia. There are reports of injuries and damage, but how much is unclear right now. Give it a day and we will probably have a good idea of the scale of this event, and probably fragments of the meteor itself.<\/p>\n

A lot of vehicles in Russia carry dashcams, and videos of the event are rapidly showing up on YouTube. It is quite spectacular, the bright fireball saturating the closer cameras. <\/p>\n

I have seen meteoric airbursts, but nothing on this scale. It is impressive, and a bit scary to be reminded that this can happen. This even almost certainly has nothing to do with the close approach of asteroid 2012 DA14 tomorrow, but I am sure some people will make a connection. The conspiracy theorists will probably go further, perhaps much further, it should make amusing reading.<\/p>\n

Update: A link to a collection of videos and photos of the damage<\/a> here. Midway down is a vid from a warehouse security camera of a loading bay door blown inwards by the blast wave.<\/p>\n