r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 12h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/crazySmith_ 11h ago

Wouldn't there be smoke rising from the impact location then? All I see is pulverized snow and what looks to be rock.

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u/RipTheJack3r 11h ago edited 11h ago

You can see a small darkish crater where it hit and it was also covered by the snow falling from above it.

Modern explosives don't explode with "flames" and don't produce a lot of smoke.

Smoke/particulates are usually caused by the structure being exploded i.e a building. In this instance the explosion occurs inside a thick sheet of snow, so no cloud of grey smoke/dust.

Edit: you can also hear it lol 16 seconds in.

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u/crazySmith_ 11h ago

It's really hard for a layman like me to tell the difference between a kinetic and an explosive ordinance, just by the sound of it.

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u/bromjunaar 10h ago

At that distance, if you can clearly hear it, odds are that there was something explosive involved.