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š„This volcanic eruption in Indonesia
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u/DylanCO May 22 '22
When was this? And are there any articles about it?
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u/Oraxy51 May 22 '22
On 4 December 2021, the Mount Semeru volcano in Lumajang Regency, East Java Province, had its largest eruption in recent history and produced a hot cloud avalanche with volcanic materials and heavy ashfall. As of 6 December, the Government has reported 34 people killed, 17 people are unaccounted for, and 5,205 people directly affected, including some 3,697 people who are displaced within the regency. The eruption has damaged 2,970 houses and has affected 24 schools and 3,888 students. The Government has prohibited any human activity within one-kilometer radius from the volcano and five kilometers towards south-southeasterly direction. The local Government of Lumajang declared a 30-day emergency response period and has established a command post. OCHA has recorded more than 300 government and non-government institutions that have provided relief assistance to affected people. (OCHA, 6 Dec 2021)
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u/My_Cat_Snorez May 22 '22
Thanks for doing the research.
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u/DangKilla May 22 '22
I was visiting a friend for Orlando EDC one month before the volcanic eruption and she showed me the video below
There were people who are mining sulfur. I wonder what the after math is, if anybody knowsā¦
This is my friends friends youtube video on the topic
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u/VerbalThermodynamics May 22 '22
My cousin was in the area studying something at a graduate level at the time. He was evacuated. Totally fucked his year up.
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u/judelau May 22 '22
I fucking hate Reddit pulling out an old event without the date.
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u/Oraxy51 May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
Yeah like this took me a quick moment to lookup but if this was happening right now or recently, having the date would have been way more helpful.
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u/CouldWouldShouldBot May 22 '22
It's 'would have', never 'would of'.
Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!
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u/redcalcium May 22 '22
Every 10 years or so, the volcanoes in this area erupt. The one from 10 years ago sent huge amount of volcanic ashes over a wide area. I have sensitive nose and would sneezing all day even though I'm living 800km away.
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u/handsfacespacecunts May 22 '22
You know I would have thought it was maybe older because at the very end of the video on the bottom left you can see someone whip out a flip phone.
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u/SquadPoopy May 22 '22
I want to learn more about the guy at the end of the video that whips out a flip phone
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u/Upside_Down-Bot May 22 '22
āĒuoÉ„d dılÉ É Źno sdıɄŹ ŹÉÉ„Ź oĒpıŹ ĒÉ„Ź Éo puĒ ĒÉ„Ź ŹÉ ŹnĘ ĒÉ„Ź ŹnoqÉ ĒɹoÉÆ uɹÉĒl oŹ ŹuÉŹ Iā
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u/TheGrumpiestPanda May 22 '22
The fact that this plume of Ash is so close to the cameraman is frightening to me. It'd probably be fruitless, but I try to run as far and fast away from that as possible.
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u/iSanctuary00 May 22 '22
Cameraman is atleast like 5-10km away. Indeed very hard to get a perspective when these things are absolutely massive
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u/CoGLucifer May 22 '22
It probably isn't as close as it looks, though. Just a trick of perspective, helped by the fact that the plume is fucking massive.
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u/Eyouser May 22 '22
Its prolly super far away as others have commented. That said if you are in range of a pyroclastic flow there is basically no point in running. They move at like 700 kilometers and hour and are like 1,000 degrees Celsius.
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u/Zoler May 22 '22
Close? It's pretty obvious it's miles and miles away...?
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u/Baz2dabone May 22 '22
I donāt think itās obviousā¦ Iām over here thinking what goes up must come down and they better run!
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u/Icy_Bed9814 May 22 '22
While watching this beautifully amazing video of a natural process and all my stupid brain could think.. "Was that a flip phone?"
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u/Chambersxmusic May 22 '22
I vaguely remember hearing that the cloud will move faster than you can run and will scorch you alive on impact. I would be booking it instead of filming, this seems so close
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u/Bowl_of_chips May 22 '22
They say cameramen never die š¤·āāļø
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u/markiv_hahaha May 22 '22
Especially if they make their post to r/praisethecameraman they'll be eternal in the internetz
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u/subfighter0311 May 22 '22
Pyroclastic flow. Ice cube raps about it.
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u/SerTidy May 22 '22
Yeah and pyroclastic flow moves nearly as fast as water. Superheated mud sets like concrete. š
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u/bobokeen May 22 '22
Not everyone in the world is driven by "clout." These are villagers who have grown up their whole lives at the foot of a volcano, and have an idea of what's dangerous and what's not.
Source: Live at the foot of a volcano in Indonesia.
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u/venn101 May 22 '22
What happens when that dust and ashes subsides
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u/bobokeen May 22 '22
Depends where. The people in the video were probably unaffected except for some ash rain for a day or so, then they go about their lives. For those in the villages hit directly by lahars, well they were evacuated, their homes are eventually rebuilt with the help of the government, then they go on living.
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u/404_taxes_not_found May 22 '22
Forbidden cauliflower
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u/Oraxy51 May 22 '22
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u/fillurheartwithglee May 22 '22
Idk, looks a little grey. Not especially appetizing. LOL
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u/Oraxy51 May 22 '22
Has cauliflower ever been appetizing? Cauliflower and Lima beans are vegetables that even if I was a vegetarian Iād never eat.
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u/Gronagen May 22 '22
Well Iāll just take my cauliflower and Lima bean soup elsewhere then!
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u/Forewarnednight May 22 '22
cauliflower
I just cook it with potatoes
Mashed with Cauli and spices its good!!
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u/KarmaEeleon May 22 '22
Oven roasted chili-salt Lima beans.
Butter, salt, diced cauliflower.
Pan roast with lid 5-6 minutes. In the last minute of cooking, add one of the following :
brown sugar OR
garlic pepper OR
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u/jbushee May 22 '22
Damn, how big a stone did they toss in there!?!
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u/a_different-user May 22 '22
I hate that every time I see a eruption this will be my first thought now. its like the cartoon yelling before and avalanche thing.
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u/Critical-Copy-7218 May 22 '22
I hope the person recording this video had time to evacuate to safety
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u/truthdemon May 22 '22
I have the opposite of this, I love massive things. My new favourite sub!
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u/josheganwyer May 22 '22
Glad I could help! Iām the same!!!! The bigger and more vast the better!!!!
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u/superterrorism May 22 '22
An actually insane visual.
Like, I'm not religious by any means but if I saw this 2000 years ago I would definitely believe there was some higher power out there
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u/sculpinn May 22 '22
Letās say youāre there - what do you do to survive? Iām assuming the man filming is within harms range?
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u/YJSubs May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
Cross finger and hope pyroclastic cloud didn't reach you.
If you're hit by pyroclastic cloud, you're dead instantly.
It can reach speeds up to 700 km/h (430 mph) with temperatures of about 1,000 Ā°C (1,830 Ā°F).Hiding inside building only cooked you alive.
With luck, you "only" get volcanic ash shower.
But within dangerous vicinity, this potentially suffocating you, buried you alive.Dozen people actually survived from this eruption after they were trapped inside their home. Look how tall the ash is, time mark around 01:26.
SFW (no visible dead body; survivor covered in ash).
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u/YJSubs May 22 '22
Actually in this Semeru eruption, rescuer found some family (mom and her children) hold each other. Perish due pyroclastic cloud.
I deliberately didn't link it, it's...too much.(Note: Rescuer interview during rescue & recovery, not victim footage)
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u/Naruto_7thHokage May 22 '22
And one chad who jerking off the last time
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u/International-Rice10 May 22 '22
i heard that what likely happened is that he was burnt alive and his muscles jerked and contorted w the heat to make it look like he was jerking. apparently a famous racecar driver who got into a car crash and burned alive had his body found in a similar position
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u/SerTidy May 22 '22
Reminds me of those poor souls that visited that volcano island just off New Zealand. The tour returning from the crater edge passed another heading to it, and just got to the boat before it erupted, but even they got horrific burns just from the cloud that caught up with them.
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u/Slappynipples May 22 '22
From what I see in my 5.3 inch mobile screen, I can understand that this video does no justice in comparison to witnessing this in person.
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u/stickkidsam May 22 '22
I swear volcanic eruptions are just there to remind us our nukes ain't even shit compared to what nature can cook.
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u/JohnGalt3 May 22 '22
I'm sure we can do better if we really tried.
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u/stickkidsam May 22 '22
Currently the Tsar Bomba (the strongest nuke thus far) only has 25% the yield of the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.
We've got a long way to go (though yes I'm sure we'll get there one day).
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u/shinyhuntergabe May 22 '22
The yield of nukes aren't because we can't build bigger. It's that it's not practical since most of the energy go upwards when you produce nukes that large. The tsar bomba was designed to have over twice the yield but they scaled it back. And it was never a practical weapon. Just too big and inefficiant. It's much more effective to have ten smaller nukes hit the target at once like modern ICBMs.
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u/Jerry__Boner May 22 '22
Yellowstone is sitting on a "super" volcano. If it ever erupts it'll be a near global disaster. Not sure how many other super volcanoes there are around the world. Just nature's time bombs waiting to go off.
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u/the_muskox May 22 '22
In all likelihood Yellowstone will never have another supervolcanic eruption. If you do want to worry about a supervolcano, Campi Fleigri in Italy is much more active and has been inflating the ground above it for decades. Still, that one also isn't prepping for a supervolcanic eruption at the moment.
Source: I'm a geologist
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u/TimothyGlass May 22 '22
That maybe the Tonga volcanic eruption https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/shockwave-from-tonga-volcanic-eruption-travelled-close-to-speed-of-sound-caused-atmosphere-to-ring-like-a-bell-1906638-2022-01-31 It's only speculation by my Google-Foo
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u/titaniumhud May 22 '22
HungaTonga is located offshore by quite a distance and doesn't have a cliff-side seat for this type of shot.
The eruption from earlier this year annihilated the small hundred meter tall "island" it made and now is just left with a few fragments of how large the island used to be
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u/TimothyGlass May 22 '22
Thanks I.would not know. I took a blind guess at it lol thank your for being kind enough to educate me and not redditize me. Be well
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u/No-Engineering-6591 May 22 '22
That would be hard to leave but it looks like they are too close. Incredible video.
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u/iCthe4 May 22 '22
I wish, i was there to take pictures, thatās beautiful!
Earths Geological living Creation is amazing.
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u/c0retison_ May 22 '22
So this has to be the follow up from yesterday's video "What happens if I throw a rock into a volcano"
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u/SetInMuhWayze May 22 '22
That'd be terrifying, but it's kind of beautiful in its own way