The heart of the paratrooper almost missed the meteorite

A Norwegian paratrooper was almost hit by a meteorite when it was rushing towards Earth. The scene of a heart-wrenching, rarely seen by the camera lens on the hat of the parachute jumpers.

The rare incident happened to Anders Helstrup when he was training with other members of the Oslo Parachuting Club in Hedmark, southeastern Norway. At the same time he Helstrup turned on even after jumping out of the plane in mid-air, a meteor had grazed at a speed of more than 482km / h.

The adventurous sports man was lucky to escape deadly, because the meteorite was only less than 1 meter away from him. At that time, he felt Helstrup unusual, but did not know exactly what.

After reviewing the video recorded by the camera on the helmet, Helstrup knows just how lucky he is."When we pause the video, we can see something that looks like a rock. At first, I thought the stone was tied to my umbrella, but it looked too big for that , " said Helstrup. confided.

Mr. Helstrup finally contacted the Natural History Museum in Oslo for inquiries. Experts here are extremely impressed with the video and say the strange stone is definitely a meteorite that is piercing the Earth's atmosphere.

"The shape of the rock features the meteorite, with a new surface cracking on one side, while the other side is circular," said geologist Hans Amundsen. This expert believed, the stone was part of a larger meteorite, which was exploded above Helstrup about 19km.

As Amundsen explains, when meteorites penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, they heat up and eliminate glowing materials, creating brilliant light trails in the sky that we often call "meteors." ". When at a height of 19km above the ground, the rest of the meteorite will decelerate and stop crumbling, creating a clear light - a period called "dark flight".

Currently people are focused on searching for meteorites to pass him Helstrup. Through path analysis, experts have limited the scope of the search to an area of ​​100m2.