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Record meteorite hit Norway

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1346411.ece

Record meteorite hit Norway

As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima.

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Peter Bruvold witnessed the meteorite streaking across the night sky.

At around 2:05 a.m. on Wednesday, residents of the northern part of Troms and the western areas of Finnmark could clearly see a ball of fire taking several seconds to travel across the sky.

A few minutes later an impact could be heard and geophysics and seismology research foundation NORSAR registered a powerful sound and seismic disturbances at 02:13.25 a.m. at their station in Karasjok.

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The map shows the meteorite's direction of fall (the arrow) and the possible impact area over Troms and Finnmark counties.


Don't worry about angels or space invaders. The most likely things to do in humanity are astronomical impacts and volcanic eruptions.

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