The Turquoise Ice of Lake Baikal

~Siberia, Russia


Source: Alexey Trofimov / Via

Lake Baikal's Wikipedia page..

The 2/15/13 Meteor Fly-by Has Happened

So this was reported to happen several days ago.. on several sites.

There are now new videos on the Internets showing that it actually happened.

An asteroid, or meteor has been recorded on video passing very close to earth in the sky above Russia.


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And another:

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All videos Via Reddit

∙ "Possible meteorite hits central Russia" - from Reuters

∙ Hundreds hurt after Russian meteor shower - from KSAT12 News, San Antonio

∙ Another very accurate Russian news report - from rt.com


And most national news channels are focusing on the docking of the crippled Carnival cruise ship...

Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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Wikipedia / Google Maps

The Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

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More beautiful images of the Peterhof here..

And here's the Peterhof Palace's Wiki page..

Massive Oil Tank Explosion

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Watch this in full screen!

Urup Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Russian Federation

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Here's some Wikipedia information: Urup -- Sea of Okhotsk

And here's the Google Maps location for your zooming pleasure.

The Minigun

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But can it blow up a helicopter in 3 seconds? OK, ok.. I play too much Grand Theft Auto.

The 40mm Machine Gun

Another one from this guy, the one who I posted shooting the AA-12 Auto Shotgun.



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Did you see the size of that missle round? OMG! You know, actually, that's no "machine gun", it's a mini immobile TANK!

April 12, 1961

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Yuri Gagarin's Wiki page.

Serious Fire

Click to enlarge & get the best detail on this one..

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No idea where this - Going by current events, I assume it could be somewhere in Russia. What an amazing image!

Olympic Hockey Rejuvenated

That USA/Canada hockey game was simply awesome! And I'm not really a hockey "fan". But this game was incredible. And the NHL and all its players have made these Olympics and more specifically this upcoming final round one super tournament for the gold medal.

Ryan Miller is a stud!