Cliff collapse caught on camera

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/12/21/watch-part-of-a-cliff-collapse.html

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I felt the earth move.

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If you look closely you can just make out the ill-fated coyote.

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England is getting smaller.

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Early Brexit.

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[GASP!]

Yes, dumbass BB filters that was a cogent remark.

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Well, yes. Vertical video speeds up erosion.

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… and the sky tumbling down?

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Going to set up a new life in Brittany.

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That seemed rather unimpressive…

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Oh no its a big lump of cliff collapsing there.

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The coastguard had warned locals it was soon to give way

If this were 'Murica, a thousand live-streaming ‘influencers’ would have gone down with the cliff.

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Great. Now I’ll have Carole King playing in my head all night.

OTOH, that should block out the Christmas carols in every commercial, so thanks!

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AKA, a Good Start…

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probably due to drone conspiracy

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Now go find fossils! Quickly!

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If I recall correctly from undergraduate geology class (an easy, but fun class known as rocks for jocks), this is how cliff faces are maintained.

The erosion from waves is concentrated at the bottom, undermining the cliff. The cliff fails, thus making a new vertical face, but also making the face move backwards, away from the ocean.

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Oh, no, more fodder for this idiot.

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My only thought was “OMG when this thing hits it’s going to be LOUD AF!!! Here it goes… wait for it… wait for it…”

Thfffft thubb.

Unimpressed BB comment guy is unimpressed.

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