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August 15, 2013

NASA used satellite to follow plume left by exploding meteor
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Aug 15, 2013
NASA says sensitive instruments on a satellite allowed them to track the dust plume created by the meteorite that exploded over Russia in February for months. NASA atmospheric physicist Nick Gorkavyi and his colleagues in Greenbelt, Md., were able to use the satellite data to record a never-before-seen view of the atmospheric aftermath of the explosion of the meteor over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk - coincidentally Gorkavyi's home town. That explosion deposited hundreds of tons of d ... read more

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