(meteorobs) awesome fireball over Russia, with videos and photos

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Mikhail Maslov wrote:
> A crater of ~100 m in diameter was formed in the place where perhaps
> the most large fragment fell down. Here is a short video:

Sorry, Mikhail, but that's a hoax.

That is known as the Door to Hell, located in Turkmenistan.
It's a collapsed natural gas well that's been burning since
1971.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_hell

Brian
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