Waterfall Animation Video (VIDEO)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Caption

The San Rafael Waterfall in Ecuador collapsed in Feb. 2020 after a sinkhole in the Coca River opened. Following the waterfall collapse, the lava dam it flowed over also collapsed due to erosion. What followed is a geographic event of massive proportions.

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Jacquelyn DeMink, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy

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