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(WATCH) Fearsome Volcano Eruption

Dated: March 6, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson 20 Comments

      

Video is at the bottom of this post.

Did you miss this in December 2019?

Seventeen people passed away as a result of the White Island Volcano eruption in New Zealand in December 2019.

The island had been evacuated, but a tour boat was in the area.

A camera on a house captured the fearsome sight.

The mass appears slow-moving and billowy-- until it reaches the camera!

The aftermath

Stick with it: believe it or not the camera comes back on at the end revealing a scene that looks like something from a dystopian film.

Some commenters say this is a computer generated simulation. I haven't been able to confirm one way or another.

Either way, it is a fearsome depiction of an actual event! Leave your own comments below.

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  1. Jeff says

    March 6, 2021 at 4:36 pm

    This is obviously a fake video of the event. A very low quality animation. You need to take this down as being a real video

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    • bayoucastine says

      March 7, 2021 at 10:56 am

      Real even, December 2019. Here is a link:
      https://www.thecut.com/2019/12/white-island-volcano-eruption-in-new-zealand-6-deaths.html

      Reply
  2. Phil says

    March 6, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    This was a real event but this is not a real video, it's CG.

    Reply
  3. Robin says

    March 6, 2021 at 6:27 pm

    I think that's a computer simulation. The key is a number of items; the cars are almost the same, the eruptions from the sea are almost the same, and there is little detail on the shock wave hitting the near shore.

    Reply
    • Sharyl Attkisson says

      March 6, 2021 at 6:39 pm

      I checked; it's real!

      Reply
      • Khondl says

        March 6, 2021 at 10:57 pm

        Yeah, A real animation. All that destruction and the camera survives? Buildings destroyed. Camera Doesnโ€™t even move. Total fake.

        Reply
        • Glenn says

          March 7, 2021 at 10:30 am

          How does the.โ€ Black Boxโ€ survive an airplane crash? It might be the same principle here. Of course I wasnโ€™t there so I donโ€™t know if it was real or Computer generated.

          Reply
      • tm says

        March 7, 2021 at 9:39 am

        1. Assuming its supposed to be at NZ looking north at white island, then you would see whale island and it doesnt look that way.
        2. The palm tree isn't moving but there is a wind from the east.
        3. The cars have a '70s shape and are all the same color flat white.
        4. An initial rumble is heard but at 30 miles that should take 2:30 to get there.
        5. Nothing in the perephrial areas are moving.
        6. The clouds aren't moving

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  4. lee says

    March 6, 2021 at 9:16 pm

    the lens is perfectly clear; with such destruction, there is a siren in the back-ground - that would have been taken out too (Pyro-clastic flow); and the sound comes before the explosion - should be the other way; not real

    Reply
    • Glenn says

      March 7, 2021 at 10:32 am

      Sound travels slower than light. So they might have seen the explosion before they heard it. Possible?

      Reply
  5. David says

    March 7, 2021 at 8:52 am

    This is fake.

    Reply
  6. Suzy says

    March 7, 2021 at 9:23 am

    I think itโ€™s CG but not for any of the reasons people have listed.

    Itโ€™s the way the clouds of debris look as they are coming towards the camera - thereโ€™s a fractal based noise pattern. Krakatoa does that. The plug-in for Maya or Max or Cinema 4D. I donโ€™t think the video is real.

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  7. Kathleen says

    March 7, 2021 at 11:18 am

    I take it as CG too. The lens it looks through would not be clear at all it would be covered in dust. like the area its showing.

    Reply
  8. pdj says

    March 7, 2021 at 11:35 am

    This looks computer generated. Also, if the island had been evacuated where is the siren coming from??

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  9. Deborah Sullivan says

    March 7, 2021 at 11:48 am

    We donโ€™t know where the camera is located. Looking at the size of the cars in the picture, the camera is quite far & high altitude. Sharyl always has been an honest journalist & I believe her when she says that she checked.
    Anyway, I remember this. It was absolutely nature at its most powerful, beautiful & frightening. I have always wondered about the lack of people trying to get away, but I believe they must have had some kind of forewarning by geologists.

    Thank you for this, Sharyl.

    Reply
  10. John LaRandeau says

    March 7, 2021 at 4:33 pm

    Not sure about the video. Anyway go to YouTube and see a tour video of White Island in November 2019 ten days before the eruption. Kripp and Rania visited the island and give a nice tour. Go to YouTube and search โ€œVisiting The Volcano That Erupted โ€“ White Island, New Zelandโ€ . The video was delay posted on Feb 28, 2021.

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  11. Sara says

    March 7, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    See this video prepared by Auckland Museum.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7RfPsoiyJfs

    Reply
  12. Phil Green says

    March 8, 2021 at 7:13 am

    Sharyl - your independent facts-only reporting is highly respected and valued. PLEASE review the above link from the Auckland Museum (full name is Auckland War memorial Museum). You can also find the simulation video you show in the list of videos from the Auckland War Memorial Museum at https://www.youtube.com/user/aucklandmuseum/videos. White Island is an uninhabited island, located approximately 30 miles off New Zealandโ€™s North Island. This simulated video shows a populated island with an eruption in the local bay. The White Island eruption was centered in the middle of White Island.

    Reply
  13. Hannah says

    March 10, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    Please, if you call yourself a "Journalist". You should be able to know the Real facts. This video is 100% fake. The events are true a volcano called White Island did erupt in December 2020 and there were people who have died/missing/injured. There are real videos on YouTube/Articles. It was a real situation, so please understand this video on this article right here is fake. Here is the real video of the eruption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbEVp4j92YM
    Please get your facts right before posting.

    Have a lovely Day. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  14. TerryC says

    March 13, 2021 at 11:00 am

    It is gratifying to read so many perspectives questioning the authenticity of the video. This tells me that critical thinkers are still out there despite the โ€œPandemicโ€ and the โ€œGreat Resetโ€ efforts to dumb us down and become slaves to technology. Whether it is real or not, the eruption occurred and people died. Thank you, Sharyl, for reminding us to be vigilant in questioning what we see and hear.

    Reply

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