it s pretty amazing, this video of a meteor streaking through the sky went viral in february. scientists believe they have found a fragment of the space rock. it s a pretty big fragment, we ve got to say. this is in a lake in russia. not easy to get it out of there. reporter: this was the scene back in february as a massive meteor streaked across the sky, turning night into day, the fireball sent shockwaves across russia, shattering windows, injuring 1200 people and causing millions of dollars in damage. scientists say fragments of the space rock crash landed here, beneath the ice of the frozen lake near the city. now eight months late, the ice is gone. and on wednesday, in an
these storms. look at you something, john. i m on top of it, pedram. you can pick up a few world weather shifts after that. come on over. pedram, thanks very much. apparently there s a lot of excitement in central russia today. really, why s that this is. i m not sure. are you going to tell me? something to do with an out of this world discovery. yeah. isa explains. reporter: this was the scene back in february as a massive meteor streaked across the sky, turning night into day. the fire ball sent shock waves across russia, shattering windows, injuring some 1200 people and causing millions of dollars in damage. scientists say fragments of the space rock crash landed here, beneath the ice of this frozen lake. now eight months later, the ice is gone.
sky eight months ago. reporter: this was the scene in february as a massive meteor streaked across the sky and turning night into day, it sent shock waves across russia, shattering windows and injuring 1,200 people and causing millions of dollars in damage. scientists say fragments of the space rock crash landed here beneath the ice of this frozen lake near the city of chilibunk. on wednesday, in an operation covered live on russian tv, divers entered the murky water and at the bottom of the lake they found what is believed to be the largest single fragment of the meteorite. it was dragged to shore and weighed where it literally tipped and then broke the scales. translator: if it weighs more than 500 kilograms the object is
meteorites and have found nothing. the meteor streaked across the sky friday. 1,200 people were injured and thousands of homes damaged. the meteor was likely about ten tons but only 1% to 5% of the mass reached earth s surface and probably exploded in the earth s atmosphere. it was traveling at around 33,000 miles an hour. nasa says the meteor released 20 amount the force of the hiroshima bombs. stress sweat. it s different than ordinary sweat. it smells worse, and it can happen any time to anyone! like when i fell asleep at movie night with all my coworkers and i totally dream snorted myself awake. i actually popped my head back so fast i m pretty sure i have whiplash. stress sweat can happen to anyone, anytime and it smells worse than ordinary sweat. get 4x the protection against stress sweat. introducing new secret clinical strength stress response scent.
and we are back. when i see the videotape of this, all i can say is i wish i was there. i wish i could have seen this. this scene roughly 900 miles east of russia this morning. a ten-ton meteor streaked through the sky with a blinding flash at a speed of 33,000 miles per hour. the meteor shattered into pieces at about 25 miles above the ground and created a massive sonic boom, startling many russians. literally hundreds of people caught this on tape. the shockwave damaged an estimated 3,000 buildings in western siberia, shattering roughly one million square miles of glass. one piece of the meteor is thought to have crashed into a frozen lake, leaving this hole in the ice.