{"id":15659,"date":"2015-07-29T07:32:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T07:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=15659"},"modified":"2015-07-29T07:32:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T07:32:32","slug":"two-landslide-videos-07-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2015\/07\/29\/two-landslide-videos-07-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Two wonderful new landslide videos, one from Taiwan and one from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two new landslide videos<\/h5>\n

Two new landslide videos are now available.\u00a0 Unfortunately I cannot embed either, so you will need to follow the links.\u00a0 You won’t be disappointed!<\/p>\n

1. A dramatic rockfall in Taiwan<\/h5>\n

The image above is taken from an amazing video of a complex rock topple \/ rockslide from Taiwan.\u00a0 The link to the video is as follows (note that this is to a Facebook page):<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100006415001183\/videos\/1702681713288979\/?fref=nf<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a terrific video, showing both the power and volume of a large rockfall. Judging by the geology this is from the eastern side of central or southern Taiwan, I’d imagine probably the Southern Cross Island Highway, but possibly the Central Cross Island Highway.\u00a0 The caption suggests that the crack in the slope was observed by a highway engineer and the road closed.\u00a0 If so, well done that person!\u00a0 I have seen the aftermath of cars being caught in an event like this on the Central Cross Island Highway on several occasions. The video will be worth detailed interpretation in the way that it shows precursory rockfall activity before the final failure, which is likely to be an indication of the way that the rock mass was straining and deforming as collapse progressed.<\/p>\n

Thanks to James Reynolds<\/a> via twitter (@EarthUncutTV<\/a>) for highlighting this one.\u00a0 It is likely that there are other landslide videos from this site – does anyone have a link to them?<\/p>\n

2. The\u00a0Fukaminato River landslide in Japan<\/h5>\n

In Japan, a large landslide is causing considerable problems along the Fukaminato River in Tarumizu City, Kagoshima Prefecture.\u00a0 This landslide has had three large failures in the last month, of which the most recent occurred yesterday.\u00a0 This landslide was caught on video – and well, what can I say.\u00a0 The link is as follows:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.ktstv.net\/e58550.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The very dramatic fragmentation of this landslide, and the extremely rapid runout, are fascinating.\u00a0 I hope to write about this again in the next few days.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Colin Stark<\/a> of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University for highlighting this one.<\/p>\n

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