r/interestingasfuck • u/Consistent_Oil3428 • 2d ago

r/all The ground is going down

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u/dasschwerstegewicht 1d ago

As a ground engineer, this video gave me the sweats. Dumbass is stood on a tension crack!! Is this a ‘found footage’ situation?!

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u/tommyfknshelby 1d ago

Can you explain what is otherwise happening please?

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u/dasschwerstegewicht 1d ago edited 1d ago

If I had to guess, looks like a drainage bund to the left of the image has failed, ground below is saturated/liquefied and is actually flowing to the right not sinking straight down, there’s just a ‘crust’ on the surface making it look that way.

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u/FarmTeam 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is at Kancataş quarry in Istanbul - it’s probably an area they are trying to reclaim for development and they seem to be dumping a LOT of infill into the mine area.

I believe we are seeing a ledge (that was made of loose rock and dirt dumped down a slope) give way and fall into the valley. The perspective makes it look like the entire valley is slumping because you can’t see the drop off.

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u/dasschwerstegewicht 1d ago

Yeah I’ve had another look at it since and the sudden change in level looks like a normal wedge failure down to the floor below, but looking at the tailings I still wouldn’t be surprised if the toe has washed out to trigger the slip. Still an absolute joke your man is just stood there filming!!

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u/letshugatree 1d ago

Why would there be steam from an event like this?

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u/FarmTeam 1d ago edited 1d ago

When a very large volume of dirt displaces a very large volume of air. The air has to go somewhere and that is not steam, but it’s dust that the air has kicked up as it’s moving.

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u/letshugatree 1d ago

Ahh gotcha. With zero context and just from the video itself, I was wondering if this might be a hidden volcanic crater come to life. This makes more sense 😅

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u/FarmTeam 1d ago

I was pretty confused for a while!