"CHASING ICE" captures largest glacier calving ever filmed - OFFICIAL VIDEO on HackerTube: recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 4 separate months, 2013–2017.
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Footage from the Chasing Ice project of the largest glacier calving event ever filmed, at Greenland's Ilulissat Glacier in 2008. A 75-minute event is condensed to a few minutes of cameras watching ice collapse.
Recommended whenever glaciers come up, as a stunning look at the scale of calving.
“If you have never seen a glacier calve before, check out these videos”
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If you haven't seen it, the following video is amazing. The glacier that's falling apart is about the size of Manhattan. "CHASING ICE captures largest glacier calving ever filmed" ▶ this video
in “An illustrated guide to our collapsing Antarctic glaciers” · View on HN
I humbly submit this magnificent calving: ▶ this video Mind boggling. A chunk of ice the size of Manhattan rolling over.
in “Flipped Iceberg (2014)” · View on HN
Was hoping there would be visual of an unstable glacier, not just text about sea level rise. If you have never seen a glacier calve before, check out these videos: ▶ this video [link] [link]
in “What it means when a huge Antarctic glacier is unstable” · View on HN
At 1m50s a huge piece of ancient blue ice rises, reminiscent of a blue whale breaching from the ocean depths. Beautiful: ▶ this video
in “Massive glacier collapse” · View on HN