Russian meteorite images caught on dashboard cameras
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Workers repair damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. It is no coincidence the first videos that captured the images of a meteorite breaking apart over central Russia on Friday were shot from drivers' dashboard cameras. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
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Municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 sq m of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a minivan passes a zinc factory building with about 600 sq m of a roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
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People look at damage to a shop following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of the Urals early on Friday with bright objects, identified as possible meteorites, falling from the sky, emergency officials said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. 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. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. 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. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man identifying himself as Viktor poses for a photograph after receiving treatment for injuries sustained from a shock wave that followed after a falling object was sighted in the sky in the Urals region, at an emergency room in a hospital in Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. A meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia early on Friday and sent fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows, setting off car alarms and injuring 150 people. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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The trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A meteorite contrail is seen over a vilage of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo 50km of Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
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A handout infra-red image taken by EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite shows the thermal impact of the meteor that was seen near Chelyabinsk in Russia on Feb 15, 2013. 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. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake where a meteor reportedly struck the lake near Chelyabinsk, about 1,500km east of Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb on Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. -- PHOTO: AP
Workers repair damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. It is no coincidence the first videos that captured the images of a meteorite breaking apart over central Russia on Friday were shot from drivers' dashboard cameras. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
Municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 sq m of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a minivan passes a zinc factory building with about 600 sq m of a roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
People look at damage to a shop following sightings of a falling object in the sky in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of the Urals early on Friday with bright objects, identified as possible meteorites, falling from the sky, emergency officials said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. 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. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Damage caused after a meteorite passed above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. 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. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man identifying himself as Viktor poses for a photograph after receiving treatment for injuries sustained from a shock wave that followed after a falling object was sighted in the sky in the Urals region, at an emergency room in a hospital in Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. A meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia early on Friday and sent fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows, setting off car alarms and injuring 150 people. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The trail of a falling object is seen above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013. About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A meteorite contrail is seen over a vilage of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo 50km of Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. -- PHOTO: AP
A handout infra-red image taken by EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite shows the thermal impact of the meteor that was seen near Chelyabinsk in Russia on Feb 15, 2013. 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. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake where a meteor reportedly struck the lake near Chelyabinsk, about 1,500km east of Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Feb 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb on Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. -- PHOTO: AP
MOSCOW (REUTERS) - It is no coincidence the first videos that captured the images of a meteorite breaking apart over central Russia on Friday were shot from drivers' dashboard cameras.
The small video cameras, fixed to the dashboard or rear view mirror of a car to film oncoming traffic and the road ahead, are immensely popular in Russia because of motorists' fears about the corruption, violence and insurance fraud schemes that can make driving in the country a nightmare.
"It's the little thing that can prove the truth," said Mr Dmitry Isaev, 35, a Moscow motorist with a dashboard camera in his car. "There are so many conflicts on the road, and it's often the one thing that can prove your point to the police."
Dashboard camera footage appeared remarkably quickly on the Internet and television on Friday showing the meteorite hurtling through the sky and exploding over central Russia.
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