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Record Meteorite Hits Norway

equex256 writes "Early Wednesday morning, a meteorite streaked across the sky in northern Norway, near Finland and Russia. A witness (Article in Norwegian) went up the mountain to where it hit and reported seeing large boulders that had fallen out of the mountainside, along with many broken trees. Norwegian astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard told Aftenposten, Norway's largest newspaper, that he would compare the explosive force of the impact with the Hiroshima bomb. This meteorite is suspected to be much larger than the 90-kilo (198-pound) meteorite which hit Alta in 1904, previously recognized as the largest to hit Norway. From the article: 'Røed Ødegaard said the meteorite was visible to an area of several hundred kilometers despite the brightness of the midnight sunlit summer sky. The meteorite hit a mountainside in Reisadalen in North Troms.'"

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  1. The Hit by MrEcho.net · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Im just happy that it didnt hit anywhere else.
    Like New York, or any other big city.

  2. Don't mess with Steve by eweu · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Steve Jobs has "contacts" all over the universe, I guess.

  3. Breaking News!! by MBC1977 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In today's news, "Steve Jobs was arrested for dropping an SAB (Small Apple Bomb), accidently on purpose in Norway, to get them to see things HIS way about iTunes EULA, he was dragged off to a sanitarium, screaming, DRM Rules the planet!! DRM Rules the planet!!" I'm guessing he do not get a FAIRPLAY. MBC

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    MBC1977,
  4. Ah, Norway! by autophile · · Score: 0, Redundant
    My sister was hit by a meteørite ønce...

    --Rob

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    Towards the Singularity.
  5. lutefisk by snuf23 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It means:

    "Please come and eat our gelatinous fish, it's prepared with lye."

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    Sometimes my arms bend back.