Well, not quite dodged - it flew past him and was caught on camera! I almost thought it was an April 1st story, but apparently it's true. Check out the article and videos.
Skydivers know what they do is dangerous, but they don't expect falling meteorites. Anders Helstrup, from the Oslo Parachute Club, caught this rare footage of a large chunk of space rock hurtling past.
Anders Helstrup and several others had just jumped out of a small plane after taking off from Østre Æra Airport in Hedmark county when it happened.
"I got the feeling that there was something, but I didn't register what was happening," Helstrup told NRK about the event, which took place back in 2012. "When we stopped the film, we could clearly see something that looked like a stone. At first it crossed my mind that it had been packed into a parachute, but it's simply too big for that."
Geologist Hans Amundsen confirmed to Norway's NRK channel that a meteorite had indeed exploded some 20 kilometres above the earth's surface on the day of that jump.
“This is the first time in history that a meteorite has been filmed in the air after its light goes out,” Amundsen said. “It’s certainly much less likely than winning the lottery three times in a row.
The last video has an expert checking out the footage, with english subtitles.
eta: Here's a link with info on "dark flight", which is the period when this rock got caught on camera
Skydivers know what they do is dangerous, but they don't expect falling meteorites. Anders Helstrup, from the Oslo Parachute Club, caught this rare footage of a large chunk of space rock hurtling past.
Anders Helstrup and several others had just jumped out of a small plane after taking off from Østre Æra Airport in Hedmark county when it happened.
"I got the feeling that there was something, but I didn't register what was happening," Helstrup told NRK about the event, which took place back in 2012. "When we stopped the film, we could clearly see something that looked like a stone. At first it crossed my mind that it had been packed into a parachute, but it's simply too big for that."
Geologist Hans Amundsen confirmed to Norway's NRK channel that a meteorite had indeed exploded some 20 kilometres above the earth's surface on the day of that jump.
“This is the first time in history that a meteorite has been filmed in the air after its light goes out,” Amundsen said. “It’s certainly much less likely than winning the lottery three times in a row.
The last video has an expert checking out the footage, with english subtitles.
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eta: Here's a link with info on "dark flight", which is the period when this rock got caught on camera
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