Meteorite Hit

Every one of us read a giant meteor hit Siberia injuring over a 1000 people. It is quite surprising how meteorites we very often see in video games and sci-fi movies can cause such a damage. Though several stories surround meteors, most of them are complete myths. Only one person on the earth Ann, a resident of Alabama was actually hit by a meteor before this incident, directly. Even in the recent Siberia incident the residents of the affected town were injured only through broken glass and objects which fell on them due to sudden earthquake like vibration created because of the meteor. Click here to know more about Ann's story.  

Here are some pictures of meteors which have hit the earth earlier. This one was recovered from Greenland in 1896. Explorer Robert Peary got it from the ancient Inuit people living in Greenland. It is preserved in The American Museum of Natural History. 

Pictures of the recent Siberian Metoer Hit