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posted by chromas on Monday July 16 2018, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-said-"no-ice"! dept.

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

It looks like something badly CGI'd into a disaster movie, but it's real: an 11 million ton iceberg, slowly moving toward a village, threatening to destroy everything in its path.

Just look at this thing.

[YouTube video]

A massive section of the iceberg falls off at around 30 seconds in, which gives you a sense of the scale here. If the iceberg becomes destabilised, and a larger chunk is broken off, it could create a tsunami, which could potentially destroy the town of Innaarsuit. This sped up GIF does a good job of illustrating the iceberg's movement.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-this-gigantic-terrifying-iceberg-slowly-move-toward-a-tiny-greenland-village/


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday July 16 2018, @03:57PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday July 16 2018, @03:57PM (#707922) Journal

    Also, if you look at the video the ridge between the town and the iceberg would form an effective breakwater to the resultant wave. The three houses on that ridge would be screwed, but the rest of the town would probably survive.

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