An ice sheet collides with the shoreline
An ice sheet collides with the shoreline
Wish I had more info on this video but I found it without any context.
Considering how thick that ice is and how fast it's moving, this is actually pretty terrifying.
It's really cool to see in real time an example of how a glacier can erode the terrain though.
29 0 ReplyCloser to a gruesome grinding death than they realize
27 0 ReplyNow imagine ice age glaciers that were over 2 miles thick hitting that same shoreline.
13 0 ReplyThe moment when the big triangle bloc tips over and all the snow splatters on the ground. Soooo satisfying.
11 1 ReplyI’m glad more built in videos are appearing on lemmy. I missed them
5 0 ReplyIt looks like it might be Lake Baikal. It's a huge lake in Siberia that freezes over like this.
4 0 ReplyKill the camera man. I was getting whiplash. Just take a few steps back and get the whole thing in frame.
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Achievement unlocked:
Congratulations! You learned the basics of plate tectonics.
7 3 ReplyThis is beautiful. Thank for posting !
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