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"CHASING ICE" captures largest glacier calving ever filmed - OFFICIAL VIDEO

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What it is

Footage from the Chasing Ice project of the largest glacier calving event ever filmed, at Greenland's Ilulissat Glacier in 2008. A 75-minute event is condensed to a few minutes of cameras watching ice collapse.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended whenever glaciers come up, as a stunning look at the scale of calving.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you haven't seen it, the following video is amazing.”

    Amazing footage of a Manhattan-sized glacier calving

    jcr, 2014-05 · Strong recommendation · in “An illustrated guide to our collapsing Antarctic glaciers”

  2. “At 1m50s a huge piece of ancient blue ice rises, reminiscent of a blue whale breaching from the ocean depths.”

    Beautiful footage of a huge piece of blue ice rising

    junto, 2013-02 · Recommendation · in “Massive glacier collapse”

  3. “If you have never seen a glacier calve before, check out these videos”

    Shows what glacier calving looks like

    hammock, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “What it means when a huge Antarctic glacier is unstable”

  4. “I humbly submit this magnificent calving”

    Mind-boggling calving of a Manhattan-sized chunk of ice

    mml, 2017-06 · Recommendation · in “Flipped Iceberg (2014)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: glaciers, greenland, climate, chasing ice, time-lapse

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