Eight months after a meteorite exploded over Russia, a team of divers were able to haul out a large piece of space rock from a lake, according to SPACE.com.
Back on Feb. 15, a 55-foot, 10,000-ton meteorite exploded over central Russia, and when the space rock hit the earth's atmosphere, it caused a bright light, causing people to believe a nuclear war had been started.
Small fragments of the meteor fell all over the region of Chelyabinsk, injuring more than 1,500 people in the process.
A 5-foot-long section of the meteor was dragged from 65 feet below the lake by cables, but it fractured into three pieces once reaching the surface. The incident was shown on live Russian television.
"It's got thick burn-off, the rust is clearly seen and it's got a big number of indents. This chunk is most probably one of the top ten biggest meteorite fragments ever found," said Sergey Zamozdra, associate professor of Chelyabinsk State University.
The stones weighed over 1,250 pounds together, and preliminary tests confirmed that the rocks are a part of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, according to SPACE.com.
The Chelyabinsk meteorite is a mix of different types of ordinary chondrites, stony meteorites that often crash into Earth.
Divers first saw the rock in September and made many attempts to extract it from the lake. It took 10 days to get rid of the mud surrounding the space rock, according to SPACE.com.
A number of videos showing the meteorite crashing last winter went viral in a matter of hours.
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