Click on any photo below to see all images in a slideshow. All photos unless otherwise credited are copyright of Msg-Meteorites
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- 63 gram specimen in my collection.
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- Beautiful smooth and incredibly fresh fusion crust. This specimen was recovered within a few days of the fall.
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- Broken face showing the extensive shock veining inside.
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- Shock veins show off the truly tortured life this meteorite has endured in the past.
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- Whoa!! Someone has taken a bite out of my space rock!! 😉
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- Close up showing the lovely black fusion crust.
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- Close up of the interior showing dark shock veins in contrast to the light grey matrix.
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- Black velvety fusion crust and dark shock veins meet like rivers meeting the sea.
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- Geek t-shirt alert! 🙂
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- From Russia with love – Sweet girl with sweet meteorite 🙂
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- Map of Russia with Chelyabinsk marked with a red dot.
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- Shattered windows in the Chelyabinsk drama theatre. Photoc redit – Nikita Plekhanov via Wikimedia Commons
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- The collapsed roof of a Zinc factory in Chelyabinsk. Photo credit – A. Pospel via Wikimedia Commons
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- Meteorite found by a search team from the Ural Federal University at Chebarkul Lake. Photo credit – Denis Panteleev via Wikimedia Commons
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- In situ photo of meteorite specimen found at Lake Chebarkul by a team from the Ural Federal University. Photo credit – Denis Panteleev via Wikimedia Commons
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- Aerial photo showing the tracks left by meteorite hunters like some strange icy maze. Photo credit – unknown photographer, image posted on Russian meteorite forum
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- Cut surface of Chelyabinsk specimen found by the Ural Federal University. Photo credit – Pavel Maltsev via Wikimedia Commons
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- Close up of metal bleb in cut surface of Chelyabinsk specimen found by the Ural Federal University. Photo credit – Pavel Maltsev via Wikimedia Commons
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- Amazing 1.8kg specimen found by the Ural Federal University. Photo credit – Pavel Maltsev via Wikimedia Commons
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- Other views of 1.8kg specimen. Photo credit – Pavel Maltsev via Wikimedia Commons
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- Photo taken by proffesional photographer Marat Ahmetvaleev just before the fireball passed overhead. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- The calm before the storm 🙂 Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- As the fireball passed overhead, instinct took over and Marat began snapping away. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- Despite being in shock, Marat took some stunning photos. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- Definitely a question of being in the right place at the right time, a simply beautiful photograph. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- As Marat was taking these photos he heard the sonic booms from the airblast. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- Despite being stunned by what was unfolding in front of him Marat continued to click away. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev
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- As the fireball passed overhead, Marat felt intense heat and the bright glare caused pain in his eyes. Photo credit – Marat Ahmetvaleev