Meteor falls in Russia

A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed over Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that injured 1000 people and frightened countless more.

Pictured: A meteorite trail was seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15.

Cars drove past the site of a collapsed wall and roof of a zinc plant warehouse in Chelyabinsk, The distruction was caused by a falling meteorite.

The wall of a local zinc plant was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor.

The windows were shattered in this building by the meteorite shock wave.

A local shop was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor.

A worker deleted pieces of broken window glass in Chelyabinsk.

The meteor’s contrail was seen over Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15.