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  • A meteorite trail over the village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo in Russia on Friday.
    Nadezhda Luchinina/E1.ru/AP
    A meteorite trail over the village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo in Russia on Friday.
  • A meteorite trail over Chelyabinsk. Scientists estimate the meteor weighed 10 tons.
    CHELYABINSK.RU/AP
    A meteorite trail over Chelyabinsk. Scientists estimate the meteor weighed 10 tons.
  • The trail of a falling object over a residential apartment block in the city of Chelyabinsk.
    OLEG KARGOPOLOV/74.RU/AFP/Getty Images
    The trail of a falling object over a residential apartment block in the city of Chelyabinsk.
  • A suspected meteor over the highway that travels from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia.
    Nasha gazeta/ng.kz/AP
    A suspected meteor over the highway that travels from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia.
  • A 20-foot-wide hole was left in the ice of a frozen lake from a suspected meteor strike outside the town of Chebakul, Russia.
    CHELYABINSK REGION POLICE DEPARTMENT/AFP
    A 20-foot-wide hole was left in the ice of a frozen lake from a suspected meteor strike outside the town of Chebakul, Russia.
  • Windows were shattered on a building in Chelyabinsk.
    VYACHESLAV NIKULIN/EPA
    Windows were shattered on a building in Chelyabinsk.
  • Workers repaired a power line near the wall of a local zinc plant that was damaged from the meteor.SOURCE--OLEG KARGOPOLOV/AFP/Getty Images
    OLEG KARGOPOLOV/74.RU/ AFP
    Workers repaired a power line near the wall of a local zinc plant that was damaged from the meteor.
  • The meteor fall caused explosions that broke glass over a wide area.
    OLEG KARGOPOLOV/AFP/Getty Images
    The meteor fall caused explosions that broke glass over a wide area.
  • The Emergency Ministry says more than 500 people sought treatment after the blasts and that 34 of them were hospitalized.
    Oleg Kargapolov/Chelyabinsk.ru/AP
    The Emergency Ministry says more than 500 people sought treatment after the blasts and that 34 of them were hospitalized.
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