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Published February 15, 2013, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Meteor explodes over Russia


In this frame grab made from a dashboard camera video, a meteor contrail is seen above a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring hundreds of people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)

  • In this frame grab made from a dashboard camera video, a meteor contrail is seen above a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring hundreds of people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)
  • A circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake is where a meteorite reportedly struck near Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (Associated Press photo)
  • Municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuits outside a zinc factory building whose roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/ Oleg Kargapolov, Chelyabinsk.ru)
  • A meteor contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions. (AP Photo/Chelyabinsk.ru)
  • A local resident repairs a window broken by a shock wave from a meteor explosion in Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Kaulin)