Huge Meteor Rips Apart the Russian Skies; Hundreds Injured, Freaky Videos Ensue

What appears to be a large meteor (CNN reports it was "at least the of, say, a kitchen table") ripped through the atmosphere today over the Chelyabinsk region in Russia, burning out the sky with the light of a billion exploding flashbulbs and leaving billowing smoke trails like a shuttle reentry gone terribly awry.

Official Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported early Friday morning (EST time) that at least 150 people had been injured by the effects of the sonic boom, which knocked down the roof and walls of a zinc plant in the vicinity of Chelyabinsk. Meanwhile, RT chimed in to say that as many as 500 people had sought medical attention for "minor injuries" after the speeding object crashed through the skies, blowing broken window glass all over and somehow causing "concussions." Here's an excerpt: