1/9The meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
2/9Workers repair a power line near the wall of a local zinc plant which was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 15, 2013.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
3/9Debris is shown in the Chelyabinsk region, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
4/9The meteorite contrail is seen over the village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo, February 15, 2013.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
5/9The meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
6/9People stand near a six-meter hole in the ice of a frozen lake, the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul in the Chelyabinsk region. Photo: Chelyabinsk Region Police Department
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
7/9Trees in Russia were burned down by the Tunguska meteoroid event in 1908, which was caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5-10 kilometers above the Earth's surface.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
8/9A view of a multiple rocket launcher during an exercise in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
9/9A woman cleans away glass debris from a window after the meteorite explosion, February 15, 2013.
A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
