Scores of Russian’s captured the meteor explosion on dash cameras.
Russian authorities have confirmed that a meteor exploded in the sky over the Urals region Friday morning. According to CNN, the meteor has been described by NASA as a “tiny asteroid,” whose explosion created a blast “equivalent to 300,000 tons of TNT.” Reports indicate it damaged over 3,000 buildings, mostly with broken windows, and injured over 1,000 people. The explosion happened at about 9:20 am local time, and was captured in “vivid images” by many Russian dash cameras and cell phones.
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