Glad to see you've moved away from your thinly veiled threats like https://videosift.com/video/Fire-ant-bite-and-sting-up-close, @ant, and are showing that you have a vulnerable side. It's OK to be scared sometimes.

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I grew up close to Cd Juarez (Las Cruces, NM), and would be surprised if the record low there were not below 0F. It's been down to -10F in Las Cruces twice since I've been alive.

It's more than sweat up close!

Glaciers that end in seas calve regardless of the effects of global warming. That is just what happens when they meet sea water.

The entertainment is mostly the result of the boats not being at a particularly safe distance. People enjoy doing something stupid and surviving.

Also big moving things awe us. I would definitely be entertained seeing this from up close. Could not help myself.

My take from this is that "holy shit" is slightly more entertainment than "oh my god". Amused to death.

Fucking A.

*quality

because in ALL my years of seeing aircraft drop water (even including the first drop in this video), it ALWAYS looks like the water is evaporating before it touches down or generally having not much of an effect.

I've always wanted to see dropped water actually put something out up close. This is a red-letter day for me.

Finally scratched that decades-old itch. So satisfying.

Up close and personal

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BTW, there's an Atlas Obscura video on YT of the same river that has some better shots, and up close of the plant, but no drone footage so I posted this one instead.

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Really? That broke his collar bone?! It seemed like he barely connected, but if he won in court, I'm sure there was medical evidence.
How much did the jury award him? I hope a lot. Not for the kick, but for ramming him when he clearly only noticed the cop at the light, and then he immediately put his blinker on and even gave an "oh crap" head hang right before he stops and gets rammed.
I wonder if the cop even had his lights and siren on before then, since there's no sound we cant tell. He certainly wasn't up close enough to be heard on a loud motorcycle until the end, nor was he making his presence known before then.
Even if the bike wasn't stopping, he wasn't endangering anyone, so there was no reason to hit him, possibly seriously injuring or killing him, in the first place. Speeding is not a capital offence. Intentional vehicular homicide should be, even if you wear blue pants with a racing stripe.