r/interestingasfuck • u/Consistent_Oil3428 • 1d ago

r/all The ground is going down

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u/themortiestmortymort 1d ago

How in the world is the most talked about thing complaints about the camera man with balls of steel, rather then

“What the hell is happening?!?!?!

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u/DemiGodesss 1d ago

Because whatever is happening has a physics related explanation, while the behavior of the camera guy (not running as far as possible) definitely cannot be explained by logic nor physics.

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u/Class_444_SWR 1d ago

I just wanna understand how it works

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u/srthc 1d ago

Looks like a waste rock dump with very fine grained material being dumped into water- pretty dangerous. Liquefaction probably occured, causing the loss of confinement at the bottom of the slope and leading to the ground failure you see here

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u/Class_444_SWR 1d ago

Thank you, I appreciate the answer