Largest glacier calving ever filmed

[Akira]

Perhaps it might not be appropriate to post it here, but I just couldn't resist.  And I dared to post it here, because its scale is rather in the class of the universe than nature.

The scene is spectacular in the true sense of the word but chilling (no pun intended), too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU&feature=youtu.be

I would highly recommend to watch it in the full screen mode.

[armando_m]

Impressive video, thanks for sharing it

[Frank Fremerey]

Impressive graphics, but I miss context

[Mike G]

I agree with Frank, nobody said where it was!

[Fons Baerken]

 Ilulissat Glacier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobshavn_Glacier

[David H. Hartman]

I don't think the planet likes humans.

Dave Hartman

[thedutchflyer]

at the End ,the humans made it this way !

Great pictures ! Always make me thinking about the future end of human cultures ! 

[MFloyd]

Very impressive. I imagine the sound is even more impressive.

[elsa hoffmann]

It has all been said. I have seen this clip before - and am glad you reminded me of this

Wish I was there.

[Akira]

Fons, thanks for the info on the location.

I share the same feeling with you guys!

Very impressive. I imagine the sound is even more impressive.

Yes, the sound should be overwhelming.

[elsa hoffmann]

How do they know when it is going to happen?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

How do they know when it is going to happen?

Waiting and have the required patience, perhaps? And ensure a healthy supply of extra power being ready all the time.

They might have warmed up (intentional pun) by watching one of the "slow TV" transmissions so popular in my country. For example: Showing 'A fire blazing in the fire place', 'Taking the train from Oslo to Bergen', or 'Going by coastal liner along the Norwegian coast'  - literally - minute by minute. An entire TV channel was allocated for those broadcasts. You'd turn on the TV  and followed until you fell asleep - when you eventually woke up, the program still was on

[elsa hoffmann]

I suspect that have a series of instruments that measure everything from temperature and rumblings and movement etc and therefor have a fairly accurate time when it will go down.

[Woodley Willie]

The important part is the new Guinness World record that was set...

[CS]

Viewing at full screen it's hard to grasp the actual scale of the event even when a comparison map of Manhattan is shown. The word massive seems inadequate when describing the sheer size.