Articles for tag: CCTV, Disaster, earthquake, Surface Rupture, Tectonic Plate

Geologists Stunned by Unseen 7.7 Earthquake Footage from Myanmar Solar Farm

Jan Otte

For the first time in recorded history, a security camera caught on tape the harrowing instant the Earth’s crust ripped apart with fury in a massive earthquake. The video, taken at a solar farm just outside of Thazi, Myanmar, during a magnitude 7.7 quake in March, captures the ground opening up in real-time, an unprecedented ...

Dramatic scene of a volcanic eruption with glowing lava at twilight.

Volcano Turned La Palma into Ashes But What Happened After That No One Expected

Jan Otte

When the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted in September 2021, it released a horror of molten lava and poisonous gases, devouring houses, farms, and highways in its wake. Satellite photographs recorded the apocalyptic view, a sea of fire cutting through the Canary Island’s terrain before falling into the Atlantic. But the next development surprised even scientists. ...