{"id":34361,"date":"2020-06-16T07:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=34361"},"modified":"2020-06-16T07:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:24:46","slug":"new-landslide-videos-russia-and-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/06\/16\/new-landslide-videos-russia-and-california\/","title":{"rendered":"New landslide videos: Russia and California"},"content":{"rendered":"

New landslide videos: Russia and California<\/h4>\n

A couple of new landslide videos have emerged that are worth a look.\u00a0 Whilst they are not as dramatic as the quick clay landslide video from Norway<\/a>, they are nonetheless interesting.\u00a0 The first was highlighted to me by the famous Russian landslide scientist, Alexander Strom.\u00a0 The location is uncertain – it is probably somewhere in Russia.\u00a0 Unfortunately I cannot embed this one, so you’ll need to follow this link.<\/a><\/p>\n

This is clearly a failure in a large mine.\u00a0 The magnitude is large, although it is hard to get a sense of the depth of the view.\u00a0 Interestingly, early in the video a large quarry truck lumbers up the haul road on the right even though the foot of the slope was actively failing:-<\/p>\n

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A still from the Russia quarry landslide<\/a>. Note the quarry truck on the right hand side, whilst the slope below is actively failing (as shown by the dust cloud at the foot of the slope).<\/p><\/div>\n

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To me this suggests that the landslide had not been anticipated, or that it is larger than expected.<\/p>\n

It would be good to get more information about this failure, and about the outcome of the collapse (which appears to still be in progress at the time of the video).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Youtube there is an interesting video taken on Highway 101 in Sausalito, California<\/a>. The video is from a dashcam<\/a>, and captures the moment when a small rockfall impacts on the road directly in front of the car. Be careful as the video captures an understandable profanity from the driver, who was definitely in the wrong place at the wrong time:-<\/p>\n