https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0BG_GBOFTw
Now that’s impressive. I like how the blast wave knocks the camera around, I wasn’t expecting that.
That’s one big cloud of stuff.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0BG_GBOFTw
Also known as: "We're gonna need a bigger tripod."
The comments say that isn’t the MOAB, it’s a year ago in Yemen.
That’s an old video. I think I saw it close to a year ago.
One observation as a former professional photographer: the cameraman was pre positioned, waiting and ready to capture the explosion. He knew in advance precisely when the MOAB was coming and he knew approximately where to point his camera in order to capture the explosion and aftermath. He has to slightly move his vedeo camera to the left once he knows exactly where it landed.
I base my conclusionschedule on the fact that he is in the right place at the right time, he approximately knows where to pint his camera, he begins filming shortly before the explosion takes place and most importantly he knew in advance that this was no ordinary air strike. He knew the MOAB was coming and how lethal it was and had preposition ed himself to be filming right next to, behind a massive concrete pillar that he could hide behind to shield himself from the blast wave once it hit. You can see the concrete pillar to the camera man's left near the end once he shields himself from the blast.
Another important fact; the camera man filming the explosion had intentionally pre positioned himself far enough away from the explosion and blast radius in order to film the event without being killed or seriously injured by it while still being able to capture the explosion on video. He was definitely there on the ground at the right time, in exactly the right place to video the explosion. In all likelihood he was probably special forces on the ground to gather before, during and after action Intel for the POTS and the military.
There is no way, this person just happened to "accidentally capture" this event. He knew in advance what was coming, when it was coming, where it was landing and how seriously devastating the explosion was going to be.