Chelyabinsk meteorite placed on display in a local museum

Reporters gather around a piece of meteorite which, according to local authorities and scientists, was lifted from the bottom of the Chebarkul Lake, on display in a local museum in Chelyabinsk. The meteorite exploded over central Russia in February 2013, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured more than 1,000 people, according to local media. Source: Reuters

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