In 1947, a massive iron meteorite created over 100 craters in the Soviet Union
A blinding flash over the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in 1947 signaled one of the most significant celestial impacts in modern history, as a massive iron meteorite shattered across the Soviet landscape.
On the morning of February 12, 1947, a fireball brighter than the sun streaked across the sky before exploding with a force that created over 100 impact craters. The Sikhote-Alin meteorite was a rare iron-nickel mass weighing an estimated 70 tons before it broke apart in the atmosphere.
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