📍Lituya Bay, Alaska. 1958.
A mountain fell into the sea.
What rose was the tallest wave in human history: 524 meters (1,720 feet).
This wasn't fiction.
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The Tallest Wave in History: Lituya Bay’s Mega-Tsunami

In 1958, a mountainside collapsed into Alaska’s Lituya Bay, unleashing the tallest wave ever recorded on Earth — a 524-meter (1,720 ft) wall of water. This mega-tsunami defied everything we thought we knew about natural disasters. Here's the full story of the wave that erased a mountainside, hurled boats like toys, and warned us that it could all happen again.

Ryan J. Hite

#CfP for the #conference "The #Aesthetics of #Geopower: Imagining Planetary Histories and Hegemonies", which will take place at the University of Amsterdam (#UvA_Amsterdam) on April 4 and 5, 2024.

🗓️Deadline for Abstracts: October 15, 2023

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