7.4 cubic km of ice crashing into the ocean, page 1

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Topic started on 12-12-2012 @ 04:27 PM by Ben81

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Published on Dec 12, 2012

It's like watching 'Manhattan breaking apart in front of your eyes', says filmmaker James Balog. He's describing the largest iceberg calving ever filmed, as featured in his movie, Chasing Ice. After weeks of waiting, the filmakers witnessed 7.4 cubic km of ice crashing off the Ilulissat glacier in Greenland. Chasing Ice, released in the UK on Friday, follows James Balog's mission to document Arctic ice being melted by climate change.

There is only a few minutes of recording in that video
the total colapse was apx 75min of duration
and they had to wait and remain in place for weeks for this event !
i wonder how far they were filming from it ..

Put the volume up to hear the monster sound it make

Kind of remind me of a scene in the movie 2012
where you see big chunk of land turning and going down in the ocean
It is so incredible to see when you are beside at a safe distance
but it could be the end of your world if you are standing on it

Do these event happens a lot ?
Can it make the sea level go up ?
Does 2012 have something to do with it ?
Do we have something to be worried about ?

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reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 04:35 PM by lasvegasteddy

sweet peek in on amazing

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 04:40 PM by six67seven

Wow, so that's where ice cubes come from

Like the commentator states, it's hard to get scale from the video but it's obviously massive... and 75 minutes of this event. Very cool stuff!

Lucky guys!

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 04:40 PM by boymonkey74

Wow that was cool.
Anyone else love the sound the ice makes when breaking or is that just me?

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 04:52 PM by jude11

reply to post by Ben81

How much more can "Right Place, Right Time" come to mind?

Peace

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 04:56 PM by SaneThinking

I think this would be wicked to see in Imax is it only gonna be released in the UK or do you know if its going to get picked up and played in North America? Would beinterested in seeing the whole thing

SaneThinking

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 05:11 PM by Iwinder

Just WOW......I am deaf by legal definition but I do happen to have a surround sound hooked up to my computer to help me hear and to piss off the wife and if need be the neighbours......

I cranked the sound up big time and I was just blown away....

Amazing and thanks so much to the OP for bringing this to ATS..
S&F
Regards, Iwinder

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 05:59 PM by Ben81

found other nice ice break off but not has big

YouTube Link

found a video of 2 yrs old that looks to be the same has in the op
and i though it was new

i think its more like a repost .. sorry folks

YouTube Link

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 11:11 PM by Thorneblood

I know it's not, but i swear i would totally buy a spaceship coming up from the beneath the ice at the 2:02 mark if this were a big-budget film. The color and lines of that rock/ice is perfect for a ship, even the shape totally works.

reply posted on 12-12-2012 @ 11:36 PM by ShotGunRum

Global warming.

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 01:09 AM by jhn7537

Originally posted by ShotGunRum
Global warming.

Easy there Al Gore...

OP very cool clip, thank you for sharing... S & F

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reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 01:23 AM by tehdouglas

Global cooling.

Oh wait, that was 40 years ago and they didnt fall for it.
CAP AND TRADE GIVE US YA MONEY!

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reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 01:28 AM by cass1dy09

Family Guy~ Speed 3 Glacier of Doom

youtu.be...

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reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 02:41 AM by thegrayone

I'm surprised and glad that nobody has said that the water level is going to rise due to the melting of the ice! First time I heard that on the news, after Al Gore came out with his global warming propaganda, I couldn't stop laughing for weeks. My father was really scared and I had to explain to him that the water level would remain the same even if all the icebergs melt at the same time!

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 03:48 AM by douggie60

Originally posted by Thorneblood
I know it's not, but i swear i would totally buy a spaceship coming up from the beneath the ice at the 2:02 mark if this were a big-budget film. The color and lines of that rock/ice is perfect for a ship, even the shape totally works.

I must admit it did look like it for a few seconds, maybe just wishful thinking on my part.

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 03:58 AM by boo1981

Brilliant video, must have been amazing watching this!
Can I just ask, what if any, impact will this have on sea temperatures
Or weather patterns?

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 04:01 AM by Skywatcher2011

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Man, you can really feel them amount and magnitude of energy needed to move an ice field....just insane. The rumbling sounds like that of a thunderstorm.

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 04:51 AM by Ben81

Originally posted by Thorneblood
I know it's not, but i swear i would totally buy a spaceship coming up from the beneath the ice at the 2:02 mark if this were a big-budget film. The color and lines of that rock/ice is perfect for a ship, even the shape totally works.

i though the same thing

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 05:01 AM by guyman1231993

Originally posted by Thorneblood
I know it's not, but i swear i would totally buy a spaceship coming up from the beneath the ice at the 2:02 mark if this were a big-budget film. The color and lines of that rock/ice is perfect for a ship, even the shape totally works.

tjhats exactly what i was thinking, But i thought a ship, or an oversized whale thats been frozen for YEARS that was the size of a huge submarine or something

reply posted on 13-12-2012 @ 06:24 AM by shogu666

Originally posted by thegrayone
I'm surprised and glad that nobody has said that the water level is going to rise due to the melting of the ice! First time I heard that on the news, after Al Gore came out with his global warming propaganda, I couldn't stop laughing for weeks. My father was really scared and I had to explain to him that the water level would remain the same even if all the icebergs melt at the same time!

Congratulation for being useful idiot of corporate propaganda.

Salty water have greater buoyancy which makes ( long term ice - which loses salt in time ) actually increasing water level after melting.

Not to mention melting all those icebergs that reach bottom and all the ice on normal land ...

You sir are a .....

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