r/ThatsInsane • u/n8saces • 17h ago

Mountain collapse

1.6k Upvotes

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u/wurkhoarse 13h ago

That was beautiful. no commentary ,no swearing, no music added later. Capture of a moment.

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u/jimhabfan 11h ago

I can’t wait for someone to repost this using the “oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no” song. /s

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u/dben89x 10h ago

Followed by "FAHH" 

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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ 2h ago

Don’t forget the crazy saxophone.

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u/OregonFarm2011 4h ago

and showing the end in the first 3 seconds

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u/HeyCarpy 10h ago

It was definitely missing a "brruuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

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u/zachrywd 2h ago

If only there were a way to capture more of the LANDSCAPE...

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u/PotentiallyHeavy 25m ago

Like capturing a portrait but of the landscape somehow

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u/mcpat21 9h ago

So incredibly rare

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u/Wingmusic 10h ago

No woman obnoxiously screaming

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u/maryfisherman 9h ago

No saxophones

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u/figwam42 8h ago

no "seriously just in front of my..." memes

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u/McEnding98 2h ago

The only thing still terrifying my soul is the tiktok jumpscare at the end, like just cut that away, why is that there...

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u/m3kw 7h ago

camera man did it's job, and sound director didn't add Interstellar music

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u/VermilionAngel79 17h ago

The front fell off.

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u/CamelSmuggler 13h ago

It's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.

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u/amazingsandwiches 6h ago

It started to fall... and then it fell.

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u/Demongeeks8 14h ago

Did anyone notice the piezoelectric/triboluminescence light emission probably caused by the extreme rock pressures around 35 seconds in?

...that or some random reflection.

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u/raymate 12h ago

Yes saw that

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u/St_Kevin_ 9h ago

It would be cool if that’s what it was. It could also be that there was a powerline that got shorted out, outside of the frame, and the flash reflected on the lens.

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u/Demongeeks8 8h ago

Yeah, it would be cool. I know these flashes can happen just prior to earthquakes near fracture zones. Who knows?

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u/Coucouoeuf 17h ago

That sound rocks.

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u/SoManyMinutes 5h ago

It's better when you're stoned.

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u/smblott 16h ago

Pretty sure the sound isn't original.

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u/TwoZeroTwoThree 11h ago

It's original. I was there to watch and listen, and I don't take that for granite.

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u/amazingsandwiches 6h ago

Solid comment.

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u/dustydancers 16h ago

where is this? where do trees like these grow? i want to go there and hide forever

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u/wickedalice 12h ago

Just came here to try to find out the same and those trees remind me of some type of cypress or maybe Hollywood juniper, so I'd guess somewhere in east Asia maybe.

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u/boostman 10h ago

https://iselinursery.com/colorful-conifers/chamaecyparis-false-cypress/chamaecyparis-obtusa-spiralis/

You could grow one yourself. I think it's a cultivated variety, i.e. not something you'd find in the wild.

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u/DaBabylonian 16h ago

You could have, but it collapsed

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u/reallywaitnoreally 15h ago

I think its Whoville.

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u/NoPossession3754 11h ago

Idk the answer. But it looks kind of like Nepal. Again just a guess

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u/Clintbarry 16h ago

Can a geomorphologist, geologist or someone with the scientific knowledge please explain how and why this happened? Was it caused by a previous earthquake?

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u/badger5959 15h ago

Unfavorable rock joint orientation. All rocks have natural cracks during formation and the way it’s oriented in respect to open face dictates when it will fail. You can see a set of natural joints going from up on the left side to down on the right and the sliding plane simply followed one of the prominent joint sets that got weathered by vegetation and lubricated by groundwater.
There’s a whole subset of geological engineering dealing with rock mechanics and im going to a site (rock cut) in less than 2 hours to map bedrock joint orientation and characteristics.

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u/InhibitedExistence 14h ago

This guy rocks.

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u/too1onjj 3h ago

I'm rock hard reading this

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u/kinkade 16h ago

I'm none of those things, but I can tell you that stuff falls off mountains all the time. It's usually caused by lots of rain or tectonic activity.

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u/NotAGenericUser 16h ago edited 16h ago

Looks like failure through a pre-existing weathered rock. Possibly recent rainfall contributing to increased weight and higher driving forces

Often weathered rock is commonly below soil and above competent rock

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u/Johnsendall 15h ago

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u/slklylnlelt 12h ago

Because he said competent rock, it's time for listener mail

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u/lookslikeamanderin 15h ago

Water entered the chat.

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u/demwoodz 15h ago

Gravity mostly

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u/necminits_nuthouse 16h ago

Google landslide

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u/kernelangus420 16h ago

Google should be jailed for causing that.

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u/necminits_nuthouse 16h ago

Gotta put that new data centre somewhere

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u/m3kw 7h ago

gravity, erosion

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u/evilregis 11h ago

Entropy. Undefeated.

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u/Borp5150 10h ago

Damn reptilian lizard people running out of space and digging too close to the surface again. /s

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u/15926028 15h ago

My question would be… is this genuinely happening more around the world than previously? I know landslides have always happened. I know there are more cameras and phones now. So I’m asking that question specifically. Obviously I’m wondering if it’s related to global warming and how big a problem it may or may not become

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u/DomProLuxPolished 15h ago

Global warming

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u/texas_lurker_2019 17h ago

Did Van Gogh design those trees?

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u/potatodrinker 17h ago

They're very ear-rie aren't they?

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u/-_-______-_-___8 10h ago

It’s cypress or Chinese juniper

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u/DrDoubleDD 16h ago

Nepal? (Again)?

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u/ReggieLFC 17h ago

For some reason I only thought it was this section that was going to fall!

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u/HCG-Vedette 17h ago

“Oh just some small rocks and sa.. wait is that a tree?!”

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u/Johnsendall 16h ago

The trees on top.

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u/pbr3000 16h ago

Stevie Nicks really sings her heart out about this one.

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u/h3rp3r 4h ago

Baaaaa!

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u/ultralights 15h ago

Entropy is a cruel mistress

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx 15h ago

What a cracker.

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u/Ziggysan 14h ago

The earth releasing a crick in its neck.

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u/OLVANstorm 4h ago

This is the coolest AI video I've seen today!

I'm kidding, people! Seems like every video people are screaming its AI, like Chicken Little.

This was amazing to see.

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u/Key-Praline2281 4h ago

That damn squirrel..

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u/SnooRobots1533 3h ago

Thanks, Trump!

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u/mutt93 2h ago

Beautifully shot. Great zoom. And smart cameraman cause I would not want to be any closer than that

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u/Minimum-Food4232 2h ago

This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy a few weeks before my multi-pitch rock climbing trip.

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u/TheManWhoClicks 1h ago

Huh what kind of trees in the foreground at the end of the video?

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u/Leopiney 15m ago

Damn those talibans hit the mountain too

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u/BrockJonesPI 17h ago

New shortcut unlocked.

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u/rickyzerothree 14h ago

If a chunk of mountain falls down, does it make a sound?

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u/yourassisgrassbro 8h ago

Don’t breathe that

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u/TomToe420 16h ago

fascinating. but I'm high

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u/demwoodz 15h ago

You might want to get down

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u/laughsatdadjokes 16h ago

Gravity is a relentless bitch.

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 16h ago

Avalanche?

No thanks, just had one.

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u/hawaiianryanree 15h ago

One of the many reasons I wouldn’t enjoy rock climbing

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u/forbins_mockingbird 15h ago

How many years or geologic activity did that just erase and/or expose again?

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u/MisterDings 15h ago

huh, there’s probably landslides and crumbling mountains all across every planet, and no one there to see it.

if a landslide crumbles down and there’s no atmospheric medium through which the noise may travel, does it make a sound

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u/downtownfreddybrown 14h ago

It's a LAAANNDDSSSLLIIDDEE!!!

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u/DanishDessert 14h ago

Anyone else seeing Boruto paradolia?

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u/LoopsAndBoars 16h ago

Wow natureisfuckinglit!

Still waiting for it to collapse though…

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u/demwoodz 15h ago

Hit the arrow button

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u/Hafslo 8h ago

Mountain face collapsing. Not a mountain collapsing.

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u/Nettwerk911 10h ago

Only in battlefield

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u/j2thesho 14h ago

panik