Chelyabinsk Meteor

IMPACT · the wake up call

WHEN February 15, 2013SIZE about 20 mINJURED about 1,500 people

A rock the size of a house slipped past every telescope and exploded over a Russian city in 2013, flaring brighter than the Sun. The shockwave shattered thousands of windows and injured about 1,500 people, mostly from flying glass as they watched at their windows. Captured by countless dashcams, it became the best documented impact ever, and a global wake up call for planetary defense.

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