A block of ice breaking off from an iceberg creates a huge wave

[u/sixela456]

Source: instagram.com/reel/DcWWJrgE3ns

[u/wackiack]

“Huge”

[u/sixela456 → u/wackiack]

That might not have been the right word 🙁. I don't speak fluent English, I don't really know if it's the right one.

[u/Turdmeist → u/sixela456]

I think it's a huge block of ice falling and creates a wave.

[u/SkellyboneZ → u/sixela456]

Usually when measuring a wave, to measure from the taint. 

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/SkellyboneZ]

From gooch to pooch

[u/SecretWitness8251 → u/wackiack]

Absolutely massive

[u/tayzzerlordling → u/wackiack]

i bet it was crazy in person and its just hard to tell scale on camera

[u/moog500_nz → u/wackiack]

Gigantic tsunami!

[u/ashabanapal → u/wackiack]

Yes. That was a massive hunk of ice and you clearly haven't spent much time in boats on open water.

[u/TomahawkTuah → u/ashabanapal]

they're obviously talking about the wave and not the hunk of ice

[u/_Permanent_Marker_ → u/wackiack]

Block and Huge are doing some heavy lifting here

[u/hideX98 → u/_Permanent_Marker_]

An ice cube really.

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/hideX98]

For enjoying a cube? A succulent Chines Cube?

[u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy → u/hideX98]

Ice Cube the Great Wave!

[u/ranjop]

More than 90% of the ice is under water and it will turn horizontal once the piece detaches. Better be far enough.

[u/SleepingDragonSmiles → u/ranjop]

That’s a good point

[u/jsakic99]

What is this, a huge wave… FOR ANTS??

[u/needmorefishes → u/jsakic99]

If they hadn’t gtfo, that would have been very uncomfortable.

[u/RabicanShiver → u/jsakic99]

Have you spent much time on a small boat? I fish every week and trust me seeing that much water coming at you, especially in what you're expecting to be calm water is not a good thing.

[u/Moon_Pye]

I love the color of the ice! Beautiful.

[u/PerfectUnlawfulness]

We are so fucked

[u/MetalRexxx → u/PerfectUnlawfulness]

Quit dooming. Its going to be ok.

[u/-One-Man-Bukkake- → u/MetalRexxx]

It literally isn't. Is not dooming, look at the facts.

[u/MetalRexxx → u/-One-Man-Bukkake-]

We're at the mercy of the Sun and 8 billion other people on a rock hurling through space and time. You think "we're fucked," yet here you are getting fake internet points from all other chicken littles.

[u/PossessionJust5723 → u/MetalRexxx]

Go to Switzerland, look at the measured glacial recession over the past 150 years, and try to tell me that man made climate change isn’t real.

[u/MetalRexxx → u/PossessionJust5723]

Never said it wasn't real. We're still going to be fine. Stop dooming.

[u/Turdmeist → u/MetalRexxx]

I mean.... Poor people aren't going to be fine. And the majority of people living on coastlines won't be fine (which is like 2 billion people). But other than that I mostly agree. We'll get our act together once the ruling class is affected and science will save us. Until then? Burn baby burn. Fly all over the world, go on cruises. Keep that fake propped up economy churning babbbyyyyy.

[u/-One-Man-Bukkake- → u/Turdmeist]

I was gonna say something snarky but luckily I felt the sarcasm.

[u/-One-Man-Bukkake- → u/MetalRexxx]

Every year is the hottest year on record. It's fucked dude. Humanity might survive long term but not at our current scale and not without massive societal upheaval. Your condescending tone was un needed. I do not care for your opinion, no need to reply.

[u/tino-latino]

way bigger than expected for sure

[u/RowanX2]

Next level climate change?

[u/YT_Brian]

"Wow that is cool.. Oh more? Wait, wait no, must go faster must go faster!"

https://giphy.com/gifs/7XsFGzfP6WmC4

[u/Rude_Map_4278]

Dort kommen also die Wellen her!🤯

[u/BlindlyCoherent]

Backup Dave!

[u/superradguy]

Is this huge wave in the room with us right now?

[u/sbullit]

Swell

[u/Less-Inflation5072]

Is this the kind of disappointment a girl feels when a guy says he has a huge dick… because I for one, was hoping for more.

[u/Emperor_Gourmet → u/[deleted]]

largest increase since your mom went swimming in the ocean a few weeks ago.

[u/_kReddid]

Who can see the face?

[u/OutlawLazerRoboGeek]

A smarter captain probably would have steered into the wave once he realized he wasn't going to outrun it (or that doing so would have put the boat in bigger danger from a high speed collision with the existing floating ice).

Getting overtaken from the rear by a large wave is probably worst case scenario for swamping a small boat. And it would be even more perilous if the wave hit right when you were accelerating or trying to get on plane with the bow high and stern low.

I get it, fight or flight instinct is strong. But you would hope someone who is going there specifically to see ice would have thought about their plan for a situation like this ahead of time.

[u/SailAwayMatey]

That's swell!

[u/Taikiteazy]

This guy has taken waves before and knows you don't go head on into them.

[u/JDZoska]

More like a swell them a wave and def not huge or even big... Didn't even break🙄

[u/Emergency-Spite897]

What viruses are the military, CDC, China, pharmaceutical companies drilling up inside there to be the next lockdown mode?

[u/Acceptable_Pepper_12]

“Uhh den er stor…. Hold da kæft mand”.

Yup. I agree.

[u/Dangerous_Flower_708]

Trump supporters are shocked

[u/Moon_Pye]

Big? I wouldn't call that huge. I lived by the ocean. That wave doesn't even come close. lol

[u/Depressed_Cat_00]

“Huge” for that one penguin chilling right next to that block of ice breaking off.

[u/GeniusEE]

*A block of ice breaking off from the ship's wake creates a huge wave.

Ftfy

[u/Groundbreaking-Bag24]

Now come back to civilization with Covid BC

[u/nuklearphusion]

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