Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday's catastrophic glacier collapse

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yread•about 2 hours ago

Maybe better link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/1vzanzz/new_sate...

ckemere•9 minutes ago

Please post - I’d like to upvote a twitter alternative

marcyb5st•about 2 hours ago

Never seen anything of the sort apart from the Tsunamis in Japan and Indian ocean.

This event is the "big brother" of what happened in Italy in 2022 with the Marmolada glacier collapse which was tiny compared to this. Additionally, the orography in Tibet/Nepal is much more dramatic (higher elevations, steeper slopes, narrower valleys).

I am really astonished by the videos circulating online.

stefanoco•42 minutes ago

Another similar tragedy (although with totally different reasons) was the Vajont Dam mega tsunami in 1963 in north Italy (est. up to 2500 deaths)

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

beej71•about 2 hours ago

More information on the collapse itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Nepal_floods

trompetenaccoun•about 1 hour ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2026_Nepal_floods#Request...

Just another day on Wikipedia.

sph•about 1 hour ago

Jesus those videos are upsetting. Poor people.

sailfast•about 1 hour ago

There’s just no preparing for that kind of power being unleashed. Holy hell. :/

comrade1234•42 minutes ago

I wonder how long they had from the collapse to it reaching villages. Here in Switzerland glaciers and thawing mountains are monitored pretty closely with sensors. Villages are evacuated when it starts to get dangerous.

Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday's catastrophic glacier collapse

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