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[@ChazSmith]

and not a single soul tripped and fell... do better, horror movies

[@ItsTrizzy262]

And Geico commercials

[@AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

And on Ice at that.

[@TopCollections]

i see your comment so horrible here :p

[@timeluster]

*trips* "Go on without me - I will only hold you back!"

[@LaiPt]

if you watch horror prank videos a lot of people trip and fall.

[@Solitude11-11]

You could see those who understand physics start to get the hell out of there as soon as the ice began to fall 😂

[@frozenwarning]

Don’t have to understand physics to be told to get off the beach if they see a glacier collapse.

[@paulpaulsen7777]

But obviously a lot of people are incapable of thinking and recognizing fast

[@miklosargyelan5648]

ye lol its not even physics its just common sense

[@weakmill103]

do you need to understand physics to understand this comment? its legit common sense lol

[@Solitude11-11]

Yeah the necessity to understand physics was kind of ironic...🙄

[@kajasikora9929]

i was totally expecting the wave to go further than that

[@mybluebelly]

Ice ice baby.

[@lewstone5430]

Huh. I wasn’t expecting the waves to get that far. I made a condescending comment about everyone running away until I saw how big those waves were. Then I was like: oh, yeah good idea.

[@gawdsuniverse3282]

Just as well they ran away otherwise they might have got their tootsies wet. I'm joking, I love the Icelandic people, practical no-nonsense, they hear the ice crack, turn and off and they ran through those boulders like they were born to it. Which they are, of course, must be something they learn as a child you hear the ice cracking leg it. Unlike people in the more soft countries around the world, something goes down and there is always one who wants to stand around and discuss it, hey dude why you running...smack!! Darwinism strikes again.

[@larryslemp9698]

Much 'ado' about.....NOTHING!!

[@gawdsuniverse3282]

@G M OMG are they those mysterious man-like apes the Big Foots? Hmmm..some of those Big Foots were quite cute. Handled getting through the boulder field like champs. Should be a Winter Olympic sport boulder hopping. Iceland would win gold for sure. Not that these creatures were Icelandics apparently.

[@catweasle5737]

Great filming. Not taken in portrait mode and didn't put the camera down right at the point of something happening. This is rare. Congrats. :-)

[@ge2623]

LOL

[@SagebrushRambles]

Great comment lol.

[@WilliamLesourd]

Yes, but didn’t pan right and left to show where the people were in relation to the wave. That would have been a true photo-journalistic reflex.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

Why is it in black and white tho? Was it from like 1800?

[@jpsholland]

@@greenlawnfarm5827 You should see your doctor, you became color blind. Tip: Jackets...

[@The_Horizon]

I loved how some just walked casually away

[@urchhyy1253]

ikr

[@shivas3003]

yes , peoples are incredibly stupide

[@electric0618]

They had ages and there wasn't any danger because the frontline of the rocks took the majority of energy away from the wave.

[@oznews1]

@@electric0618 don’t breed!!!

[@tregzalez5923]

why you in everywhere

[@frisco21]

The exact definition of "running for your life."

[@Baller4Life1]

Yeah... at the start I was wondering why they’re running, then I saw the waves...

[@Baller4Life1]

@@krvnaick2022 ? I didn’t think there was any reason for them to run lol. Did you not read what I said?

[@Wirmish]

Run to the hills !!

[@biancagiensch4843]

000000000000000000000

[@boigeorge886]

I've body-boarded bigger waves

[@ddr_drogba777]

The whistle guy got nominated for Nobel peace prize!

[@NateFore]

@@olive0073 you’re fun at parties aren’t you

[@imthevoice7482]

And those three huge vice blocks stopped waves too

[@kushpaladin]

The whistle didn't really do anything

[@ddr_drogba777]

@@kushpaladin It saved lives

[@Love-jf7rs]

Glad nobody got hurt. Stay safe everyone!

[@ymac7245]

There are two kinds of people in this world: those with survival instinct and those on the far right of your screen

[@marknuhn6422]

" How Dare You " greta thuneberg response

[@burntrim]

@@marknuhn6422 Nice

[@JasonAstraea]

Would have climbed on one of the ice block.

[@FMeyer-zg5mg]

@@BakingWithMax no one needs a PC

[@808longjon]

if i like it it might ruin your comment

[@thepeppanugget3594]

me at the beginning:"what huge wave?" Me three seconds later:"Oh..."

[@SK-sy8uk]

I would have died because of my stupidity 😂

[@thepeppanugget3594]

@@SK-sy8uk I don’t get it?

[@SK-sy8uk]

@@thepeppanugget3594 like I would have just dumbly stared at the glacier falling and not moved because it doesn’t look like there is gonna be a wave the first three secs 😂

[@thepeppanugget3594]

@@SK-sy8uk aaa lol me too

[@oddities-whatnot]

And ? Stating the obvious.

[@Steinibomba]

And this is why we dont like to leave the tourist alone in iceland

[@decafforlife8797]

Did it happen often?

[@millamansson2197]

Making money on whatever is of importance and applies to stupid tourists as only icelanders know the respect for nature.

[@borysvengerov3398]

@@decafforlife8797 there's also geysers, crevasses, sudden snow storms etc. - and never underestimate human stupidity 🙂 I guess tourist injuries happen almost every day there.

[@DeNFlix...]

Do you follow them around for their whole trip ?

[@sleepee_boy8067]

lol spitting straight facts! 🤣🤣🤣

[@raminybhatti5740]

"Those aren't mountains... they're waves."

[@loop78]

Interstellar?

[@noalexleft5872]

@@loop78 yeah

[@ghidfg]

nice

[@thehistory9187]

Lol i get that reference

[@justadogwhousesmoderntech43]

@Glenn Beck now that youve mentioned the *matrix* , im gonna watch it

[@joecampbell2529]

It is so interesting how slowly people respond to danger.

[@thecrowfliescrooked]

It could be because people are stupid just like people with two thumbs and a keyboard.

[@jakehansen3418]

Most people are sheep and only react when told too.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

Most people have lived such sterilized lives they don't recognize danger

[@marem3038]

It’s alright let them collect their Darwin Award.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

@@semperfidelification you guys have been throwing temper tantrums for five years. Btw. It's capitol. Not capital.

[@Dan5482]

It's interesting to see how some humans react to danger substantially faster than others. Darwin...

[@inverse2k1]

Yeah, they instantly understand "it can be that bad, it is THAT bad".

[@rossbradbury1093]

There is some Darwinian value to reacting more slowly to danger in certain circumstances - risky behaviour can lead to great discoveries and outcomes which advance the species. Or it can lead to your death, which may or may not advance the species.

[@zzz7zzz9]

"oooh, i gotta record this for my instagram"

[@jitujitu9157]

Politely I would disagree about stating everything in context of Darwin. Even with a lower IQ one could be a better human being and contributing to the society than a corrupt person having higher IQ.

[@Dan5482]

@@jitujitu9157 you are right. It was supposed to be a joke.

[@rick250492]

0:25 I love the reflection of mountains in the waves.

[@isotropisch82]

I was lucky enough to visit Patagonia and saw this with my own eyes. Its very hard to grasp the scale on video. And the sound the glaciers make, just like cannon fire/artillery. It was unforgettable.

[@gregthornton4209]

I love when Mother Nature reminds us who the shot caller is...

[@bestamerica]

hi G T... ' who is a mother nature... what is her name and where she live in

[@greg1474]

There is no “Mother Nature.” But there is God.

[@sergiobula3192]

Wow! That was "just" a wave caused by a colapsing glacier....imagine a tsunami caused by a major earthquake....

[@justing2836]

Don’t remind me

[@PelinalWhitestrake9147]

no

[@Wirmish]

Japan?

[@dreamer2260]

Some f the largest tsunamis are caused by massive landslides etc. rather than earthquakes.

[@igorbarsowski2380]

..or hit the 4 km meteorite.

[@leor9252]

These are the videos I love to see. No shaking, keep the camera on the subject matter. Perfect.

[@michaelscurr9046]

Surprising the size of the wave. I love the reflections on the gassy water as the wave came in

[@larryslemp9698]

Yeah man.....that 'gassy' water is really something!!

[@MrCh0o]

@@larryslemp9698 It sure become gassy after hitting the coast tho, look at all that foam!

[@steendful]

I didn't realize how big the waves were till I looked a second time & seen the size of the people next to the rocks on shoreline. . Scary.

[@CharlotteSmoothie]

The glacier: I just wanted to *wave* to them...

[@kg_intro8058]

Me (now)Lol...😂😂😂🤣🤣 1 min later: 😅🤣😅😄😃😀

[@Hans_P_G]

I sea what you did there. That's cold.

[@jutub3662]

Thanks for getting stright to the point- the title is: "Tourists flee large wave after Icelandic glacier collapse" and that's exactly what you showed, nothing more, nothing less ;)

[@jimmac1953]

Didn't collapse. Glacier shed ice all the time as it meets the sea or lake.

[@gaijininja]

Having seen a few of these videos, there is no way I would be anywhere near an ice block covered beach. Those blocks (Yes, some are real rocks covered with snow. I know.) got up there somehow, and the hulking great billion tonnes of ice in the background is likely the cause. It’s just as big and impressive from higher up and further away, than on the edge of a freezing death trap.

[@The_Horizon]

The water basically moved like jello

[@Jelln]

:)

[@coreytaylor447]

if there is enough energy applied, everything moves like jello

[@donteatdanktrains5480]

Jello moves like jello

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

Sadly half the people in the world move like Jello also.

[@greatbriton8425]

The reason is that there is an underwater cliff facing the wave. As the wave reaches the cliff, which does not move, there is suddenly no more water to fill in the wave cycle and so it collapses in upon itself instead of towering higher and breaking. Without the cliff there, it would have raced in with tons more water like a tidal wave. I'm a surfer by the way, so I see waves a lot.

[@TacShooter]

Yelp Review: "This trip made me soil myself. 10/10 Would recommend."

[@carolinenunez3455]

Wow! The sound! Glad everyone got out of the way.

[@karloalberti]

Finally a clean and NO SHAKE video of something amazing happening....

[@larryslemp9698]

Man you need to get out a little more if you think this romper room stuff is amazing!!

[@ValerieJNorse]

Karlo Alberti -- Pay no attention to the troll. It IS amazing, and a good video.

[@karloalberti]

​@@larryslemp9698 Thank you Larry.. You must be like the PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ", mighty connoisseur of worldly events, your opinions are testaments of your adventurous life and your videos followed by thousands if not millions of fans... (wll like to see one ) .. in the meantime, go and tide up your bed, your mom otherwise will get mad at you...

[@HersheyBARZ_]

That was a lot closer than I was expecting. Wow.

[@johndeutsch6994]

And that's how the ice chunks got up on the beach.

[@davidbanner9851]

Glad to see it was far enough away that they had enough time to get away (barely 😳)

[@TheLifeofRiley0]

This never gets old..

[@ikecalle]

The waves look like they stop moving forward significantly and their inertia was diffused/ dissipated when they reached the large chunks of ice. The tourist got lucky.

[@dannylee3719]

Knowing myself I would of stand there being like that's amazing

[@JoaoGabriel-ob7xg]

Same! 😂 Thanks God I'm not the only one.

[@michaelhusar3668]

Doesn't look like anyone won a Darwin award. They ran fast enough.💪

[@updownstate]

None of them was American.

[@SerginhoPMoura]

They were close to winning it though. Being there in the first place was idiotic.

[@medsuit1686]

@@SerginhoPMoura They just exploring our planet, tons of fun and exciting. not without danger... but not idiotic either, if that is what they enjoy doing.

[@SerginhoPMoura]

@@medsuit1686 They almost died. Being there is idiotic.

[@alyssa772]

@@updownstate SAVAGE

[@1entertainmentworld297]

Nice videography. Intelligent cameraman. Not ventured too far like others. Maintained safe distance.

[@Ali_Al_Abdu]

The guy whistled to warn them and he saved their asses. What a hero!

[@Halli50]

When in Iceland, heed all warning signs. They REALLY mean business...

[@tiro0oO5]

I was there in february and the roads were closed because of a snow storm. Thought: how bad could it be? But then was too coward to drive anyway. Next day i saw how they cleared the avalanches from the road .... so yes, take them serious

[@Halli50]

@@tiro0oO5, deciding not to drive in unfamiliar and questionable conditions is NOT being a coward, it is being wise.

[@JohnDoe-gq9hp]

So this is what the frogs sees everytime I throw a rock on their pond.

[@HiVizCamo]

"Stop that. Quit it." - Kermit

[@lancetruong3075]

Awesome footage!

[@vikasgalande7385]

Great work of Camera!! 👍

[@joesantana6429]

That chunk changed the sea level now imagine the whole piece

[@zzz7zzz9]

no, it made a wave, that's all.

[@BWolf00]

Yeah...that one chunk changed the earths climate too. smh

[@zzz7zzz9]

@Glenn Beck it's truly incredible, how delusional people are today.

[@Kiyoone]

The cracking sound is amazing. It warns that is dangerous

[@Colonel2142]

You can tell because of the way it is

[@larryslemp9698]

Kiyoone ..... What a moron!!

[@larryslemp9698]

@@Colonel2142 yeah, like your idiotic comment makes ANY sense!!

[@PastaSausta]

Wow. So glad they’re all safe. Lucky!!!

[@teej9619]

So glad this is in English. I couldn't tell what happened ;-)

[@ladydeerheart1]

Had to watch it twice. First time I had to know the people got away ok then watched it again to watch the wave. LoL.

[@danaklemm33]

What's impressive is how well those chunks of ice stopped the waves from coming in, I thought some of those people were getting wet for sure.

[@user-2203xyz]

Great filming.

[@bd9712]

a really great video. shot well. no music. it's really a TOP video

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Everyone: That wave was huge! Noah: Where's my surf board?

[@flashbodie1]

And wine bottle.

[@alokekumardas1805]

Excellent moment you have lensed! ❤👍😎

[@basssass2665]

ahhhhh, perfect example of the calm before the storm..

[@miktub1555]

Chilling footage

[@bahmdiggity9577]

All I hear in my head is Mother Nature saying "hey ya'll watch this".

[@alisonelainehosker6444]

LOL.Mother Nature is awesome & these glacial events has been happening for millenia.

[@AslamJais79]

I have anxiety when it comes to big waves or deep water. Creeps me out

[@hey_youtubeim_back2159]

Someone who studied tsunamis once told me that as a rule of thumb the distance that a wave travels inland is proporrtionate tovtge heigth. Meaning a 25' tall wave will travel approximarely 25' inland. Of course there are some variables

[@brettschmidt5929]

I 'm glad everyone got away safely.

[@JustinNgHC]

Just goes to show how small and insignificant we are in the grand scale of things. People: lets chill near this glacier! Glacier: How about no!

[@TexasNEV]

The 19 people who voted "thumbs down" were the ones that were running.. LOL

[@nathanielmiller5813]

Kiss

[@psmirage8584]

Big Thanks to the photographer who continued to film until the waves washed up on the shore. I absolutely despise videos that cut off short, or turn and point at the ground for thirty seconds.

[@graalcloud]

Really scary how some of those people seem to be not very good at understanding the danger they are in

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

The ice would have crushed those people.

[@NickRoman]

That's the interesting thing here. Many of us are used to being at the ocean on rocks, but those rocks don't move!

[@aaronbrown1638]

Did anyone notice that the People on the left would have died if they didn't move. Watch where they're sitting in the beginning. That spot gets absolutely massacred by water that's cold af and has giant pieces of ice in it.

[@grim6980]

The people on either side would have been toast. All that ice would have become slick and moved around.

[@Str1k3r1]

That wasn't even a big chunk, considering it's a glacier. Imagine the wave from an island size piece popping into the drink.

[@azertu2u2]

That's incredible, and to witness it is excellent 👌

[@50tigres79]

I watched videos where people just stand there and starts taking pictures of it.

[@naynay-fi7iv]

one of the people on the right was doing exactly that. :O

[@JackDManheim]

"Y'all better move!!" It's bothering me that I can't remember what movie that is from. Blast!

[@Nippleless_Cage]

Sounds like an Eminem song

[@flybeep1661]

@Glenn Beck You're not smart.

[@Andy-ph6mf]

@Glenn Beck cringe

[@Andy-ph6mf]

@Glenn Beck WeirdChamp

[@gradybaby8309]

this is an amazing spot honey, I wonder why no one else has taken it...

[@Mark-OutWest]

I'm going to quote Arnold: A little excitement in an otherwise dull day.

[@clear_acrylic6049]

Omg I thought I was gunna see a Tortoise 🐢 flee the large wave and I don’t know why I even wanted to see that 🤦🏾‍♀️ 😅

[@veendace3195]

This was better than the iceberg flipping over recommendation

[@Charlzton]

The water is so clear you can see the glaciers behind reflected in the wave

[@jamiehudson4894]

That was the most satisfying wave I have ever seen

[@Electronic424]

Interesting how the porous rocks absorb the tsunami's energy

[@MountainFisher]

Those aren't rocks, they are blocks of ice broken off the glaciers. Didn't you see them float?

[@Electronic424]

@@MountainFisher whatever they are, they break the tsunami's energy big time.

[@EnderSpy358]

@@Electronic424 facts, those people are lucky the shore wasn’t flat

[@EnderSpy358]

@Glenn Beck give them an explanation instead of showering them with attitude

[@michaelfirman2746]

Very lucky people.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Very dumb people.

[@damianbeattie91]

wow great vid

[@raizalmohammad8188]

The moment i clicked this video.....saw those waves .....ran away from my laptop screen waiting for this terrifying video to end....

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

"And this kids...ends today's lesson on...DISPLACEMENT"

[@Westmeath21]

This is like the third time youve uploaded this

[@west4057]

who cares , it's cool !

[@mondochild]

Like it

[@malcolmjcullen]

Was it also like the first and second times, or were they different?

[@MetalMiIIs]

People in the shot really give it context, wow!

[@NekoUrabe]

Crazy how the wave looks really large and small at the same time

[@1.4142]

The biggest tsunami ever happened on July 9, 1958, when an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in Alaska unleashed a massive rockfall that generated a huge wave that travelled across Lituya Bay. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level, and millions of trees were uprooted and swept away.

[@stewg4661]

I'd be curious if there was a way someone could calculate how big the tsunami was that was generated by the meteor that hit in Mexico that caused a lot of dinosaur extinction. That would have had to produce one hell of a tsunami.

[@nuntellagold893]

They know what to do immediately. If I were there alone, I probably stand there and watch until I realise the wave is coming towards me.

[@bibiechichew5743]

Wow, i didn't think the waves would be that big 😯

[@johnnysi6106]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@josebro352]

Why did I feel like I was watching a clip from Lord of the Rings?

[@flipperdale51]

Students, this is called water displacement--now run for your lives!

[@visiteverestannapurnanepal7810]

Love that 😍. Awesome shot 🥰

[@alexvarela8719]

Great timing on the escape

[@phapnui]

Remember when glaciers were cool?

[@wedge5896]

Soon all we will have is memories of them

[@phapnui]

@@wedge5896 I was joking. You were not. But I agree with you. Glaciers are rapidly disappearing: Matterhorn glacier gone. Muir glacier rapidly disappearing. Kilimanjaro 85% gone. Chacaltaya glacier, totally gone. Not enough space here to list them all. Marv revealed his/her abject ignorance on the matter. Losers always go for the ad hominem, a litmus test for losers.

[@wedge5896]

@Marv Gardens NED

[@SagebrushRambles]

@@phapnui 😂 Some troll sitting in mommies basement.

[@nick1635]

@Marv Gardens He is right, that Breiðamerkurjökull glacier is receding, the glacier lagoon has only been there since relatively recently due to the ice calving so much and forming a lake, pretty soon the entire glacier will be gone. It has already receded many miles in recent years.

[@po4RP20361]

never cared much for tourists

[@Necromonger69]

Uh..what?

[@6eloved]

said the glacier.

[@syedazohashahbukhari1902]

Scary and beautiful at the same time.

[@DomZa100]

awesome footage

[@exnbcnco]

Did Climate Change cause that? Please somebody tell me because if it is so, I will devote my time to protesting against cow farts!

[@Solitude11-11]

It’s a normal ongoing, somewhat seasonal event. Glaciers on the waterline will always do it (and sometimes inland) They aren’t static. I suppose if the water became a lot warmer it may happen more, or faster, but basically, no. Cows are blameless 😄

[@exnbcnco]

@@Solitude11-11 So glad to hear cows are innocent, thank you for making my day!

[@nick1635]

Yes, the glacier has been rapidly melting recently, all the glaciers in Iceland are disappearing. That lagoon didn't used to exist until recently and is meltwater. There is a ton of research on the Icelandic glaciers and their charted erosion.

[@crusty21]

Governor Christie fotted upwind...the real reason they ran.

[@AzaleaLuna]

Now that is scary. Nightmarish even. I really thought the wave would go further up the beach. My eyes just go bigger and bigger.

[@user-xd6rm4nb7c]

Вот это я понимаю:) Люблю такие моменты, вроде так легко упала. Но такие последствия:)

[@ya.stogov]

"Бегите, глупцы!" ©

[@louiekiwi]

))

[@lejoueur2783]

Run Forrest...Runnnnnn !🙃😀

[@dgronzega8073]

my first thought 😁

[@rishuchauhan007]

Thank you rocks

[@ebolarnator1794]

For 2/3 of the video I was like "it's not too bad, it's not too bad!"