Russian meteor strikes.

Muzzoid

Have you guys seen much to do with this.

Some pretty amazing footage.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=152_1360906606

Apparently hundreds have been injured.

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JohnnyRaptor

yeah been reading/ watching this all morning now.

apparently they are expecting another one at some point today!

and then you have D14 coming! oh man, scary/exciting!

HardBaller

If we should believe these news ppl there's not much to worry about but it still looks soo awesome. I do feel sorry for any casualties that might have happened but my curiosity takes over really fast seeing something like this.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36MEsWC1Pzc"]Apocalypse Now? Meteorite hits Russia lighting sky, shattering windows - YouTube[/ame]

conte

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Skillmister

Thank the russian car insurance scammers that we have so much HD dash cam footage

ZacD

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Pix

Skillmister wrote: »

Thank the russian car insurance scammers that we have so much HD dash cam footage

These cameras record everything literally!

Skillmister

BOOM

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Wahlgren

In unrelated news, The dead has started rising from the graves.

katana

I was wondering which one of you 3D artisans pulled that off.........

Andreas

This is far more serious than I initially thought (just 50 shy of a THOUSAND INJURIES????) but it's still interesting despite that. Great reference.

haiddasalami

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There we go man sometimes the youtube urls dont seem to work.

Lazerus Reborn

Wondering if this has anything to do with Russian presidents threat of realising information on aliens aha

ae.

fuck some amazing footage coming out of this

Skillmister

Andreas wrote: »

This is far more serious than I initially thought (just 50 shy of a THOUSAND INJURIES????) but it's still interesting despite that. Great reference.

Just shy of a thousand people stood next to their windows when the boom hit and shattered them all. Virtually all were minor injuries.

haiddasalami

Editor's Note: NASA statement on Russian meteor:
"According to NASA scientists, the trajectory of the Russian meteorite was significantly different than the trajectory of the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it a completely unrelated object. Information is still being collected about the Russian meteorite and analysis is preliminary at this point. In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north."

There's supposed to be a football size meteor passing us at 2pm EST. Nasa seems to be streaming the passby of DA14
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

Sounds pretty awesome

Mstankow

This is pretty much the beginning of Earthbound.

Paradan

maybe the little meteor was in orbit around DA14, and thats why it came from the north, Ill bet there a whole swarm of em when it gets closer.

better stock up on bottled water

almighty_gir

Paradan wrote: »

maybe the little meteor was in orbit around DA14, and thats why it came from the north, Ill bet there a whole swarm of em when it gets closer.

better stock up on bottled water

no use man, it's a Tyranid hive ship...

this is only the beginning.

Fomori

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/2012-da14-a-close-call-for-asteroid-big-enough-to-flatten-london-8496325.html

Bit of a scary headline being based in London.
How big does a fragment from the asteroid need to be for them to know it's headed our way? Hmmmm.

McGreed

The reptilian overlords has announced their arrival...and shitty landing protocols. All hail the reptilian overlords! May our brain shrink to peanuts so we can worship better!

Mark Dygert

500 injuries, mostly by shattered glass. I guess rushing to the window to see what the rumbling is all about, isn't a great idea if its going to be followed by an impact that shatters the window...

/lowers blinds, moves mattress in front of window.

l.croxton

Seeing this really puts back into perspective that we are on a rock which is liable to things hitting us. People usually say "oh a big thing will never hit us", this prooves that big rocks can hit us and there is literally nothing you can do about it.

Skillmister

haiddasalami wrote: »

There's supposed to be a football size meteor passing us at 2pm EST. Nasa seems to be streaming the passby of DA14
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

Sounds pretty awesome

Football size? You mean football pitch size.

Cojax

l.croxton wrote: »

Seeing this really puts back into perspective that we are on a rock which is liable to things hitting us. People usually say "oh a big thing will never hit us", this prooves that big rocks can hit us and there is literally nothing you can do about it.

We do have ways to divert asteroids from impact trajectories. Trick is seeing them coming.

Zocky

So much len flare...was Abrambs shooting those vids? :P

j/k, awesome stuff, though i do feel sorry for those that got hurt, but hopefully it's nothing too serious.

The timing is quite interesting, only in couple of hours a meteor will be coming near Earth very, very close iirc.

I bet it's aliens after all.

Which reminds me of this scene, hehe:
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haiddasalami

Skillmister wrote: »

Football size? You mean football pitch size.

whoops sorry meant football pitch haha. Casually checking the nasa stream

parallel

Bone chilling explosion(s) and visual effects!

I've been reading about the 'Electric Universe' theory which puts a different light on the formation of solar systems, and interaction between sun, planets and comets/ asteroids than the mainstream allows. Emphasizing the electromagnetic factors which are downplayed in the established focus on gravity and comets as merely frozen rocks where only direct impact matters (once every 100,000 years). Today we are reminded that Tunguska type events don't necessarily produce traceable craters but can 'detonate' in mid air and still produce damage at earth level. Mid air explosions need not make any traces for history but surely some do, just look at the 'Carolina bays' which don't seem to be craters from direct impact but rather humongous mid-air ablations.

Lately I've been reading about comets and their impact in human history as we know it or rather as we don't know it. Turns out human history have had quite a few upsets and resets by cosmic debris and somehow history won't allow us this bigger picture despite massive amounts of evidence. Fireball sightings have been growing exponentially within the last years, and it seems the event in russia today may just be a raindrop in a sheet of rain about to hit.

I'm not trying to monger fear, just share some information, as I think it would be valuable (and it would matter) if more would be prepared for the consequences of this.

The book I'm reading atm:
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Isaiah Sherman

Damn, the video of the guy on the balcony was intense. BOOOOOOOOOM

slipsius

Wahlgren wrote: »

In unrelated news, The dead has started rising from the graves.

So glad I live in Canada, then. We're covered!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXeXbCUiFE

Blaizer

Expect a hollywood movie coming from this...

eld

parallel wrote: »

Bone chilling explosion(s) and visual effects!


I'm not trying to monger fear, just share some information, as I think it would be valuable (and it would matter) if more would be prepared for the consequences of this.

Electric universe is silly pseudoscience

Ruz

asteroids seem to have a fondness for russia after that other strike in 1908 flattened an area the size of greater london

parallel

eld wrote: »

Electric universe is silly pseudoscience

That's the standard authoritarian deflection. It has firm roots in experimental plasma physics.

VelvetElvis

The biggest inter-dimensional cross rip since the Tunguska Blast of 1908.

Ace-Angel

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/435811/20130215/russia-meteor-putin.htm

Great to see space programs being advanced thanks to the power of fear *thunder clap*.

Muzzoid

Maybe the Russians will look at designing a new rocket after 35 years...

Yeah we get it the soyuz and protons are reliable as hell, and look badass to boot. But it would be nice to see them innovating once again!

The Mad Artist

I'm sorry, I saw this and just had to post it..:D

Lazerus Reborn

parallel wrote: »

That's the standard authoritarian deflection. It has firm roots in experimental plasma physics.

Anyone else laughing?

Tell me i'm not the only one.

slipgatecentral

Muzz wrote: »

Maybe the Russians will look at designing a new rocket after 35 years...

Yeah we get it the soyuz and protons are reliable as hell, and look badass to boot. But it would be nice to see them innovating once again!

Not these days, not going to happen. Unless there's another major world conflict, like WWII or Cold War. Right now space industry is all about cost and efficiency. Get more shit into space, spend less money. Polishing old reliable tech is way more efficient than developing new one.

Muzzoid

Well that's ignoring modern manufacturing techniques... there is a reason space x can launch rockets cheaper than china.

Ben Apuna

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eld

parallel wrote: »

That's the standard authoritarian deflection. It has firm roots in experimental plasma physics.

Here is a good read on the subject:

neutrinodreaming.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/electric-universe-theory-debunked.html