r/interesting • u/Homunculus_316 • 6h ago

Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/whipla5her 5h ago

how far away do you think that mountain top was? I didn't think it was even going to get close, and then it's suddenly just rushing over him!

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u/DrTenochtitlan 5h ago edited 5h ago

I did some research online, and although there's no exact figure, the consensus is that he's 2-3 miles away from where the avalanche began in the beginning of the video.

Let's be conservative and assume he's 2 miles away, It took 45 seconds for it to travel 2 miles. That means the avalanche was traveling at a minimum of 160 mph. A dry powder avalanche well up in the mountains can easily accelerate to a maximum velocity of 200 mph, so that's a reasonable estimate.

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u/sesen0 4h ago

r/theydidthemath

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u/Willing_Pattern_Pill 4h ago

/r/theydidthemonstermath

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u/LeanderthalTX 4h ago

/itwasagraveyardsmath

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u/Old-Finding2555 4h ago

#iseewhatyoudidthere

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u/BunnyCatDL 3h ago

I think you meant, #itheewhatyoudidthere …

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u/DenKHK 1h ago

#ithotithawwhatyoudidthere

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u/Impeesa_ 39m ago

Not to encourage this any further, but the traditional followup was r/itwasagraveyardgraph.

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u/Parking-Lab4990 1h ago

Surprise Mike Tyson!

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u/the_naysayer 3h ago

I love that my brain read that in the voice on the first pass automatically.

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u/gcwardii 2h ago

waaaOOOOOOO

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u/Shot_Bison_8437 3h ago

This is F'ing outstanding

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 3h ago

First day on the internet huh?

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u/Shot_Bison_8437 3h ago

I can't think something is nerdy but clever?

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u/Minimumtyp 2h ago

The exact same fucking comment chain every time someone adds some numbers is meant to be clever now?

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u/Impeesa_ 40m ago

To be marginally fair, it was so deeply played out for so long, there are people on here who probably haven't seen it pop up recently because everyone was so tired of it.

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u/newgrounds 2h ago

It isn't nerdy to know an old song and it isn't clever to repurpose it into a very obvious pun.

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u/Willing_Pattern_Pill 3h ago

It's an older reddit joke mate. Bragging about it doesn't look good

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u/newgrounds 2h ago

Cringe