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catlikesshrimp
I would have described flipping it over before collapsing. The title seems a clickbait, but is no quite that. Keep in mind that most of the iceberg is off camera, as shown during the first minutes. It lost 80% or 90% of its total mass but most of it isn't seen until the end, when the iceberg goes back to the right.
eamag
Crazy how the most liked comment under the video as of now discusses AI video generation
thisisauserid
It stops first? Maybe the bottom hit the seafloor?
pixl97
4:40, so this is where people came up with the idea for Godzilla.
csnizik
Structural review clearly got skipped. Somebody is losing their job over this.
raphinou
I would have thought it would generate enormous wave, but that's clearly not the case. I think some of the biggest waves was generated by a mountain sliding or collapsing in the sea. I expected something similar here. Anyone know why not?
jcranmer
Honestly, my first thought watching this video is "I want a root beer float." Something in the way the icefalls as the iceberg is flipping over just makes me think of that...
atbpaca
Beautiful and scary at the same time. Almost like the iceberg was a planet on its own with mountains, valleys, crevices. Then everything goes haywire. The fall of a majestic titan. The destruction of a world.
joshuat
Massive appreciation for whoever adjusted the position of the camera at 7:23 (3:18 in video)
nomilk
Surprised the bottom of the iceberg crumbled so easily (like sand) at 4m 16s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UufMqwyO7pY&t=4m16s

I'd have assumed it would be colder and more compacted (being toward the bottom and further under water), and therefore harder.

brianpan
There are different ways to create an iceberg. You are probably thinking of a hard chunk of ice breaking off into the ocean, but probably a more common way is glaciers running into the ocean. A glacier is basically a "river" of snow and ice slowly flowing down a mountain. It would generally not be very compacted.

Fun fact: smaller chunks (less than 15m) are called "bergy bits".

rlam2x51
I was expecting more waves. I am wondering if this video was AI generated. I hate that it is so hard to trust your eyes nowadays…

Edit: Did a quick background check, video seems legit.

hk__2
I felt like watching a big animal moving
therealdrag0
It floated into frame like a t-rex on its belly.
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Jeremy1026
Nice of the iceberg to float into frame before decided to do it's gymnastics routine.
tristramb
Reminds me of a 'mimoid' from Stanisław Lem's Solaris.
ilamont
Can more experienced people describe how to verify this video as non-AI generated? Is there a scientific source in Greenland or Denmark that tracks such incidents? Or could satellite passes before vs after confirm what happened?
moffkalast
Gotta say, I haven't seen anything this jawdropping in a long while.
mrpopo
Divest from any kind of S&P500 or cool tech stocks. Invest in renewable energy projects. The US government is failing you, only money talks.
therealdrag0
I think culture and politics is more important than divestment.
DoctorOetker
Not saying its fake, just that what I see surprises me: ice is only slightly lighter than fresh or sea water, so vaguely only 10% of ice mass is above surface level; when it "flips" multiple times, it just seems like 50% of the ice is above water as if the other supporting 80% helping it float that high are totally missing...