World's Biggest #Avalanche - 2 contrasting views

Two contrasting view points of one of the world's largest ever avalanches.

Filmed in Norway by All Star Films, multi-camera direction by Thom Goddard, in 2015. Copyright: Thom Goddard 2018 onwards - . Please DM for permissions.

An avalanche (also called a snow slide) is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.

Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snow pack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earthquakes. Primarily composed of flowing snow and air, large avalanches have the capability to capture and move ice, rocks, and trees.

Avalanches occur in two general forms, or combinations thereof: slab avalanches made of tightly packed snow, triggered by a collapse of an underlying weak snow layer, and loose snow avalanches made of looser snow. After being set off, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they capture more snow. If an avalanche moves fast enough, some of the snow may mix with the air, forming a powder snow avalanche.

Though they appear to share similarities, avalanches are distinct from slush flows, mudslides, rock slides, and serac collapses. They are also different from large scale movements of ice.

Avalanches can happen in any mountain range that has an enduring snowpack. They are most frequent in winter or spring, but may occur at any time of year. In mountainous areas, avalanches are among the most serious natural hazards to life and property, so great efforts are made in avalanche control.

There are many classification systems for the different forms of avalanches, which vary according to their users' needs. Avalanches can be described by their size, destructive potential, initiation mechanism, composition, and dynamics.

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[Ambient_Scenes]

Props to whoever calculated the safe distance for the people to stand at. Any closer and they'd be snowmen....

[yeltsin]

Would like to see what that structure looked like after that snow hit it.

[mrkeith]

I would like to see what that looks like from underwater when the snow hits it.

[tamarawalther]

I have never seen snow run across water. What a beautiful sight! ❤

[panzerstrelok]

I was there, workers on the top of the mountan slid down explosives from the top. The avelance damaged coolant pipes, removed entirely climate controll for the swich rooms and a chimney. They do this once or twice a year. A avalanche completly removed the first prosessing plant in the 60's. Before they used a 60mm mortar but after they almost sunk a passanger liner they stoped

[PYRAMIDHEAD]

Explosion at 0:02
Shock wave reached camera at 0:07.
Distance between explosion and camera is 1.7 k.m.

[victoriaw]

Beautiful.
Looks like clouds crawling really fast down the mountain.

[croy]

Nowhere near the world's largest avalanche, but to be expected from youtube. The largest avalanches can actually modify the structure of the mountains, destroying ridgelines or toppling small subpeaks. This does look impressive, but it's due to the snow being so light and dry that it creates a big dust cloud of snow.

[NickolaiVolkov]

When the second view started, my only thought was "Holy crap, those buildings are WAY bigger than I thought they were!!"

[ActivistVictor]

when i see those explosions in the beginning, i think..."you missed, how could you miss he was THREE FEET IN FRONT OF YOU!!!"

[moshunit]

The title of this video may have overstated the size just a bit.

[kristapoellot]

It looks like these are what are referred to as controlled avalanches. Those are ones that are deliberately set off strategically to prevent worse ones occurring when not expected.

[OaK-_R]

I'd be pissed if I owned that green house.

[savage]

That aint an avalanche. Someone blew up one of pablo escobar's freight planes

[galadirk]

"Welcome to another episode of YouTube's Random Recommendation"

[Angelica_]

The guy recording in the beginning of the video sounded like he was saying “yeah boi!” XD

[H-TheWorldInRage]

Seeing how quickly an avalanche can be triggered by small changes in snow conditions is eye-opening. It’s crucial to always be aware of your surroundings.

[randallparker]

After pics would be cool. Building's survive?

[writer]

Very glad for the technology that enables me to be able to see this from a very safe distance away. WOW, that was amazing to see. Thanx for posting this.

[greensombrero]

translation - "wait one minute, I'm in the green house, just grabbing my mobile charger"