Shortly after 2am on Wednesday, a hillside in northern Norway was struck by what appears to have been a very large meteorite.
It appears that the energy released was comparable to that from a small atomic bomb.
The news is just now starting to trickle in (it is rural Norway, for crying out loud). The only eyewitness of the event (so far) is a farmer who - I kid you not - was only out because his mare Virika was about to foal for the first time.
No decent link yet… only a few online Norwegian news sites that I won’t bother linking to. If any major newswire picks it up, I’ll post an update here.
Image credit & copyright: Peter Bruvold (the Norwegian mare/foal/farmer dude)
UPDATE: Here’s a pic of the impact site.
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