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Early risers in the Urals region of Russia were greeted with a frightening but spectacular sight this morning when a giant meteorite flashed through the sky.

Ahead of the arrival of giant asteroid 2012 DA14, which is believed to be 150 foot wide and is due to pass by Earth sometime later this evening (safely, we should add), there was more activity in the skies above Chelyabinsk in Russia when a meteorite flashed in the sky before reportedly being intercepted by an air defence unit in the area.

According to early reports, a missile salvo is believed to have blown the meteorite to pieces 20 kilometres above the surface, leading to an explosion that caused windows to shatter, mobile phone reception and internet service to be cut off and debris to fall to the ground, with reports of some damage caused on the ground in Chelyabinsk.

By all accounts the noise from the blast was ridiculously loud and must have given quite a few people an awful fright in their beds this morning, but as of yet there are no reports of any serious injuries resulting from the blast and police and emergency services are currently surveying the damage.

As always seems to be the case in Russia, there was someone filming the meteorite via a dash-cam while on the road this morning and as you'll see from the video above, the result is quite spectacular indeed.

Hat-tip: James Dart