Meteorites crash into Russia

A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia's Ural Mountains, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

The Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement hours after the fall that the meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of at least 33,000 mph and shattered about 18-32 miles above ground. The fall caused explosions that broke glass over a wide area.

A meteorite contrail is seen over a village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo on Feb. 15, 2013.

In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a meteorite contrail is seen in Chelyabinsk region on Feb. 15, 2013.

A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15, 2013.

AP Photo/ Yevgenia Yemelyanova, Chelyabinsk.ru

A woman cleans away glass debris from a window after a meteorite explosion over Chelyabinsk region on Feb. 15, 2013.

In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Feb. 15, 2013, a meteorite contrail is seen.

AP Photo/ Oleg Kargapolov, Chelyabinsk.ru

Municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 6,000 square feet of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Feb. 15, 2013.

In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a minivan passes a zinc factory building with about 6,000 square feet of a roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15, 2013.