More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings.
People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow.
Nobody was killed. The rock exploded in the air before striking the ground.
Sure, Russia is big. But Russians might be a little more prone than others to think they have a big target painted on them--for everyone on Earth and even beyond.
