I drive by these falls quite often. I visit Mount Rainier regularly and I've never seen anything like this. I don't know if that is a blessing or unfortunate. I'll go with it being a blessing. This looks scary!
Merci pour ces images. Les vues concernent les chutes Christine depuis un point de vue en aval du pont des Chutes Christine. Une chute libre de composants de lave torrentielle en une seule cascade ne suffit pas à dissocier radicalement les composants. Une cascade de cascades favoriserait encore plus la vitesse des blocs rocheux et augmenterait leur fragmentation par des explosion rocheuses qui accentueraient la part de la boue ("poussière rocheuse mouillée") dans la lave.
@@angusmcawesome7921 At 01:06 when the vehicle crosses the footbridge (for a proper scale) the debris flow is pummeling on the natural rock foundations below that bridge - the way the flow was thick with floating rock rubble I think it would have quickly dealt with the engineered bridge structure proper.
Yes, indeed, some of Pierre-Emmanuel Zufferey's fine Illgraben lave torrentielle videos - although those are more frequently occurring and I suspect they are stronger, this here is perhaps angrier.
@meowsaidthecat I agree that it looks like a mudflow in the video. (I think of mud flows as similar to debris flows, but composed of smaller materials. This event actually mobilised some pretty big materials, including van-sized boulders, so my best guess it was a debris flow.
@StAverti Debris flows don't "move over a pocket of air", air is just one of the several components in a complex dynamic. The video shows a classic high speed debris flow. Check out some USGS videos on debris flows to get a better idea.
That is actually incorrect. Mt. Ruapehu has a history of post eruption event lahars. The most famous occurred in 1953 when a lahar caused by a breach in the tephra dam in the crater carreered down the Whangaehu valley and washed away a railway bridge at Tangiwai. This caused the Tangiwai railway disaster when the overnight train was swept into the river causing the loss of 151 lives on Christmas Eve of that year. The eruptive event associated with tephra dam occurred in 1945. Still was a lahar.
I've been here, we we're just there a few years ago. So I know that bridge is still there, but from the looks of it here. It almost seems as if it would have been destroyed by the flow.
falling in that and you might just not have time to drown before you get ground up to tiny bits by the rocks an never found after because you were reduce to a pulp
It is not a lahar. A lahar is a huge deluge of ash, rock, and melting glacial runoff that is a product of volcanic eruption. Mt. Rainier did not erupt in this video. Mount Rainier is prone to debris flows on a regular basis. In fact, The Osceola(a huge slab that slid off the face of the mountain) was one of the largest known debris flows known in history.
This flow was caused by a glacial breakdown - releasing a significant volume of water. Lahars do not require volcanic eruptions. I've heard that this event wasn't classified as a lahar by the USGS and NPS as it failed to reach the parks boundaries - and only for that reason. Not sure of that part - but am certain that a volcanic eruption is not required in order to classify such a flow as a "lahar".
A volcano doesn't have to erupt to cause a lahar either. A crack in the weakened rock can release hot volcanic gas and cause a lahar that way (which Mount Rainier has done in the past.) The Osceola was an actual eruption, the biggest one Mount Rainier has had to date.
Tell that to the guy who drove over the bridge half way through the video! Actually and earlier debris flow completely plugged the bridge deck with boulders and rock, but did little damage.
It's not a lahar. It's a seasonal debris flow that happens 2 times a year (one i spring, one in autumn or winter) due to heavy rain or just melting snow.
I'm afraid I don't really know what a debris flow is.... it's somewhat self-explanatory but it looks like water usually comes down there and for some reason the bunch of rocks and mud are mixed with it now
'a combination of mud and water, in which sometimes float rough components' (it's more a note to self if for preperation for the exam I am watching this video)
Apparently is is normally a river although it isn't possible to see the size of it with this ongoing flood. Was this a debris flow from a melt-water dam break? Obviously it has happened here many times before to have carved such an immense channel down through the rocks.
This debris flow was during a fall rain storm that mobilized loose sediment left by a rapidly retreating glacier (likely made worse by climate change). While debris flows can erode stream channels, the main channel was mostly formed by regular river flows. This is because debris flows are relatively rare (until recently, there were none for 100s of years), while the channel is subject to stream erosion year around.
Mount Rainier is considered active (can erupt future), but dormant now (no imminent activity). When this type of volcano becomes closer to eruption, the 1st thing is seismic activity (earthquakes) increase, as magma moves to the surface. See www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-rainier for more info
@@pkennard well are there any footage of this volcano erupting within 10millenium timescale? i saw mt st helens, vesuvius, krakatoa but never saw mt rainier erupting. are there any documentaries based on this
It's a seasonal debris flow that happens about 2 times a year. They don't leave the park, and they aren't as fast/ destructive as a lahar. A lahar would be much bigger., but this is similar to what a lahar looks like.
Last year I died on the operating table & went straight to Hell! I found myself in a very large room filled with millions of people & quickly surmised that there must be millions & millions of other very large rooms filled with millions of people just like us! Everyone was happy, even smiling as they sipped their coffee & I was waiting for my serving too. We were all standing up to our nipples in Cow Manuer & I immediately thought to myself, "This isn't so bad, I can live with this & besides, I kinda like the smell of Cow Manuer, it reminds me of when I was a kid at Grandpa's farm. Then about 5 minutes later the Devil walks out, in a great plume of smoke on stage & says, "Ok folks! Your coffee break is over, now get back on your heads"!
At 01:06 when the vehicle crosses the bridge (probably) unaware about what incredibly violent chaos was taking place literally beneath their feet. See this scene in a more peaceful state: The Christine Falls Bridge on the Paradise Road crossing over the Van Trump Creek en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Falls_Bridge
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We went to this place in July 2008 and the place was so quiet with the waterfalls under the bridge very clear. Wow.
Adolfo Pedregosa I know! Just went this summer and it was super peaceful in the morning.
I drive by these falls quite often. I visit Mount Rainier regularly and I've never seen anything like this. I don't know if that is a blessing or unfortunate. I'll go with it being a blessing. This looks scary!
Thats a terrific footage.
Few persons lucky enough to see it.
Merci pour ces images. Les vues concernent les chutes Christine depuis un point de vue en aval du pont des Chutes Christine. Une chute libre de composants de lave torrentielle en une seule cascade ne suffit pas à dissocier radicalement les composants. Une cascade de cascades favoriserait encore plus la vitesse des blocs rocheux et augmenterait leur fragmentation par des explosion rocheuses qui accentueraient la part de la boue ("poussière rocheuse mouillée") dans la lave.
Thats some great footage man! Amazing power.
Imagine the inertial forces that had to be overcome to move large chunks of rock like they were leaves and bark from a tree.
Instead, imagine the might of both imagination and engineering that created a stone footbridge that could withstand those forces.
@@angusmcawesome7921 At 01:06 when the vehicle crosses the footbridge (for a proper scale) the debris flow is pummeling on the natural rock foundations below that bridge - the way the flow was thick with floating rock rubble I think it would have quickly dealt with the engineered bridge structure proper.
@@Don.Challenger *the bridge to Elton John* I'm still standing! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
HOLY SHIT!! I've never seen Christine Falls like that, that's effing MINDBLOWING. I wish I'd been there
A little taste of what it will be like when Mount Rainier goes pop!
Pretty sure that’s how Noah seen the early 40 days of rain.
check out Illgraben in Switzerland, insane flash floods with huge boulders
Thanks - impressive!
Yes, indeed, some of Pierre-Emmanuel Zufferey's fine Illgraben lave torrentielle videos - although those are more frequently occurring and I suspect they are stronger, this here is perhaps angrier.
Amazing video. I seemed almost able to taste the dust while watching it.
@meowsaidthecat I agree that it looks like a mudflow in the video. (I think of mud flows as similar to debris flows, but composed of smaller materials. This event actually mobilised some pretty big materials, including van-sized boulders, so my best guess it was a debris flow.
@StAverti
Debris flows don't "move over a pocket of air", air is just one of the several components in a complex dynamic. The video shows a classic high speed debris flow. Check out some USGS videos on debris flows to get a better idea.
I have never seen rocks float like that before...
That is actually incorrect. Mt. Ruapehu has a history of post eruption event lahars. The most famous occurred in 1953 when a lahar caused by a breach in the tephra dam in the crater carreered down the Whangaehu valley and washed away a railway bridge at Tangiwai. This caused the Tangiwai railway disaster when the overnight train was swept into the river causing the loss of 151 lives on Christmas Eve of that year. The eruptive event associated with tephra dam occurred in 1945. Still was a lahar.
Lahar-de-har har. Wait until the mountain gets angry.
I see what you did there
SERIOUS boulder and gravel SCOURING !!!! DAMN!!
I wonder what happened to all the Mt. Rainier 2005 flood videos that used to be on TH-cam. There's so few left today.
Wow, that's crazy! I've been to this exact spot a number of times...I never heard of this when it happened.
I've been here, we we're just there a few years ago. So I know that bridge is still there, but from the looks of it here. It almost seems as if it would have been destroyed by the flow.
falling in that and you might just not have time to drown before you get ground up to tiny bits by the rocks an never found after because you were reduce to a pulp
Idk, its a very wet for a debris flow, but is carrying large boulders, and is following an existing channel, which meets the criteria
just incredible
It is not a lahar. A lahar is a huge deluge of ash, rock, and melting glacial runoff that is a product of volcanic eruption. Mt. Rainier did not erupt in this video. Mount Rainier is prone to debris flows on a regular basis. In fact, The Osceola(a huge slab that slid off the face of the mountain) was one of the largest known debris flows known in history.
This flow was caused by a glacial breakdown - releasing a significant volume of water. Lahars do not require volcanic eruptions. I've heard that this event wasn't classified as a lahar by the USGS and NPS as it failed to reach the parks boundaries - and only for that reason. Not sure of that part - but am certain that a volcanic eruption is not required in order to classify such a flow as a "lahar".
A volcano doesn't have to erupt to cause a lahar either. A crack in the weakened rock can release hot volcanic gas and cause a lahar that way (which Mount Rainier has done in the past.) The Osceola was an actual eruption, the biggest one Mount Rainier has had to date.
Heavy rains on the mountain picked up the rocks eroded from the mountain ground along with other debris
That is obviously a well-worn channel so this must be a common (yearly?) event here. The builders knew they had to put that bridge up HIGH!
Tell that to the guy who drove over the bridge half way through the video!
Actually and earlier debris flow completely plugged the bridge deck with boulders and rock, but did little damage.
I'm no expert but... that looks a lot chillier than Hell.
I had heard this was classified as a Lahar event. Crazy as hell!
It's not a lahar. It's a seasonal debris flow that happens 2 times a year (one i spring, one in autumn or winter) due to heavy rain or just melting snow.
I'm afraid I don't really know what a debris flow is.... it's somewhat self-explanatory but it looks like water usually comes down there and for some reason the bunch of rocks and mud are mixed with it now
'a combination of mud and water, in which sometimes float rough components'
(it's more a note to self if for preperation for the exam I am watching this video)
Did someone just drive over that?
Apparently is is normally a river although it isn't possible to see the size of it with this ongoing flood. Was this a debris flow from a melt-water dam break? Obviously it has happened here many times before to have carved such an immense channel down through the rocks.
This debris flow was during a fall rain storm that mobilized loose sediment left by a rapidly retreating glacier (likely made worse by climate change). While debris flows can erode stream channels, the main channel was mostly formed by regular river flows. This is because debris flows are relatively rare (until recently, there were none for 100s of years), while the channel is subject to stream erosion year around.
when does a flood (of water) cross the line to become a mud flow or debris flow?
(real question)
Amazing!
Excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.
That bridge isn't going to last much longer
2018 the bridge is still there ,but the waterfall is crystal clear now .
@@dsingh6412 it isn't touching the bridge
I bet it shour was loud in person Great video 👍👍👍
No where close to being like Hell!
...and you know this how? Ever been there? Ever talked to someone who was? No?
i've been there but not on that day. i guess there was at least some concern that it might take out the bridge.
That's the bridge for the Rainier beer logo.
what are the signs that the volcano is still active? does it smoke?
Mount Rainier is considered active (can erupt future), but dormant now (no imminent activity). When this type of volcano becomes closer to eruption, the 1st thing is seismic activity (earthquakes) increase, as magma moves to the surface. See www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-rainier for more info
@@pkennard well are there any footage of this volcano erupting within 10millenium timescale? i saw mt st helens, vesuvius, krakatoa but never saw mt rainier erupting. are there any documentaries based on this
Mother Nature doing some rearranging
How massive and powerful was the flow that sheared off 1 mile of layers, above the present level of the rim at Grand Canyon? "Is Genesis History?"
very impressive, almost scary !
"Like being in hell..." Was he married to my ex wife too
How close to South Prairie is this?
This is a lahar. Can't remember from which glacier but I remember this.
Kautz
WOW, Thats AWESOME!
Rivendell is flooding
Looks like heaven, if you ask me?
one mans hell is another mans heaven?
Agreed...until u fall into it 😋
@meowsaidthecat And you can se some floating boulders in the video.
Does anyone know if that bridge eventually fell since 2005?
The bridge is fine and used year around.
Where would all those large rocks end up?.....Seems like quite a few!
mother flower that is some scary ass shit . and a video I've never seen before . what the hell . no cgi could give the same element of fear to it
Nature in the raw is seldom mild.
hebneh : dork
"like being in hell "
wait, i though Hell was unbearably hot and dry .
Debris flow is my vote
That bridge looks straight out of Middle Earth.
I was living in Tacoma around this time, I wonder why I never heard about this.
It's a seasonal debris flow that happens about 2 times a year. They don't leave the park, and they aren't as fast/ destructive as a lahar. A lahar would be much bigger., but this is similar to what a lahar looks like.
She's a HUMAN!!! Anybody has a problem with this video, you talk to ME!
That is scary indeed.
Run away, is my 1st thought.
Sadly (or happily, depending on your point of view), it has not erupted since video (or movie) cameras were invented.....
Ah so this is how I was born...
according to my teacher this was a mud flow
Thank God globe warning doesn’t exist or we’d be in real trouble.
Surf's up!
Is this Christine Falls?
+Sandra Oldfield Yes.
prano
prano
id just build a new bridge now
This is creepy. I've hiked down to the water there as a kid. Never again...
??? the fuck? this is pretty good quality for 2005
I'm sure "Hell" is far worse than this? This is actually cool. Watching nature do it's thing! Hell? Not so cool🤷♂️
Looks like concrete with a 12 inch slump.
Last year I died on the operating table & went straight to Hell! I found myself in a very large room filled with millions of people & quickly surmised that there must be millions & millions of other very large rooms filled with millions of people just like us! Everyone was happy, even smiling as they sipped their coffee & I was waiting for my serving too. We were all standing up to our nipples in Cow Manuer & I immediately thought to myself, "This isn't so bad, I can live with this & besides, I kinda like the smell of Cow Manuer, it reminds me of when I was a kid at Grandpa's farm.
Then about 5 minutes later the Devil walks out, in a great plume of smoke on stage & says, "Ok folks! Your coffee break is over, now get back on your heads"!
It would be like falling into a blender that is set on pure'!
yep, wouldn't be anything left to find.
P.S. There's some BIG rocks in that there mud.
Bone grinder falls
Would be a better name for this place in the river
When nature has diarrhea. When you got to go, you got to go..
Looks fine to me
👍👍
Maybe you exaggerated a bit when you said "its like being in hell"?
Rip fishes and shrimps
Trust me, if this was in hell, it'd be a river of burning pitch and bodies of the wretched.
+collegegoer45 Trust you? Does that mean you have been there?
collegegoer45
pit lol had to lol just messing with you lol ..
very bad fishing place :(
i heard there are a lot of rockfish
Talk about a muddy taste...
Just wait till it blows....🌋
can everyone say holy fuckin shit
Chuck Norris showers under that
At 01:06 when the vehicle crosses the bridge (probably) unaware about what incredibly violent chaos was taking place literally beneath their feet.
See this scene in a more peaceful state:
The Christine Falls Bridge on the Paradise Road crossing over the Van Trump Creek
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Falls_Bridge
Dump in several truck loads of cement and you'll have a nice, concrete bottom creek.
Um i think hell would be lava not water
mount "coming off " :)
Insyaalloh kalau sunami dan banjir sy ada ide, dan menurut sy yg sangat sulit/di luar akalfikiran itu gempa dan angin topan. Yang terpenting sm" berdoa.
get up on that bridge, I need someone in the foreground for scale,, forground my ***
Is it weird that right after this video I got diahorrea
Bit too much water for a true debrisflow...just a muddy flood...
Looks like mudslide...
Look like concrete.
Looks like the sewer of Mordor.
Hell is fire not water lol
Good point.