Topic: Meteorite hits village in NW China
mightymoe's photo
Thu 08/01/13 08:40 AM


This photo taken on August 1, 2013, shows the dump site which was hit by a meteorite in a village of Akto County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
A meteorite hit a village in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday, CCTV.com reports.

The meteorite crashed at a dump site in a village of Xinjing's Akto County around 2:00 a.m. Thursday and punched a 3-meter wide, 2-meter deep hole in the ground.

Local authorities say no casualties have been reported and investigation and research work on the meteorite fragments is ongoing.

willing2's photo
Thu 08/01/13 08:50 AM
Maybe Barry will throw em a couple billion to rebuild their dump site.

mightymoe's photo
Thu 08/01/13 08:54 AM

Maybe Barry will throw em a couple billion to rebuild their dump site.


he'll hire a N. Korean company for the waste disposal...frown

TBRich's photo
Thu 08/01/13 10:35 AM
Hey, maybe that is what happened to my shed?

no photo
Thu 08/01/13 12:03 PM
Did this happen in the Northern Hebei Province of China? Where is the
Northern China Hebei Province reporter when we need him?noway