{"id":5853,"date":"2013-01-28T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T07:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2013-01-28T07:35:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T07:35:05","slug":"the-video-of-the-mount-dixon-aoraki-mount-cook-rock-avalanche-in-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/01\/28\/the-video-of-the-mount-dixon-aoraki-mount-cook-rock-avalanche-in-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"The video of the Mount Dixon (Aoraki Mount Cook) rock avalanche in motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/01\/28\/the-video-of-the-mount-dixon-aoraki-mount-cook-rock-avalanche-in-motion\/12_01-mount-dixon-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5854\" title=\"12_01 Mount Dixon 8\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/01\/12_01-Mount-Dixon-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/01\/12_01-Mount-Dixon-8.png 563w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/01\/12_01-Mount-Dixon-8-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/01\/23\/an-analysis-based-on-images-and-video-of-the-mount-cook-national-park-landslide-on-monday\/\">rock avalanche on Mount Dixon in Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand last week<\/a> it was reported that at least one of the occupants of the Plateau Hut caught the video in action.\u00a0 This has proven to be the case &#8211; 3 News NZ has obtained the footage from the climber &#8211; Neil Wiltshire &#8211; and has a nice report that features it.\u00a0 At the moment I cannot embed it, but you can view it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.co.nz\/VIDEO-Aoraki-Mt-Cooks-biggest-landslide-in-20-years\/tabid\/309\/articleID\/284675\/Default.aspx\">3News footage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The really interesting element is the transition of the movement from a turbulent rock avalanche to an almost intact mass sliding on the ice base.\u00a0 The footage at around 50 seconds initially shows a turbulent flow, which is generating a huge amount of dust.\u00a0 However, at the end of that sequence it appears to transition to sliding mode (which is shown in the image above), so that ion the section at about 1:15 (and indeed at the start of the video) the landslide appears to be gliding on the ice with almost no apparent internal deformation.<\/p>\n<p>It would be really good to get hold of the full video &#8211; hopefully this will emerge in due course.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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