On Tuesday, videos of the devastating blast that tore through Beirut were widely shared across social media, as the world attempted to process the chaotic scenes emerging from the Lebanese capital.
After an initial fire at a warehouse at the Port of Beirut sent pillars of white into the sky, an immense explosion then sent a destructive shockwave throughout the city, causing damage up to five miles away.
Now, a jet ski rider has taken to social media to share an alternative view of the blast.
In the footage, which was later shared to TikTok, an overlaid captioned reads: "MASSIVE explosion in Beirut."
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In the footage, the jet ski rider records the ongoing fire raging throughout the warehouse. However, just seconds in, the shockwave blast then emanates from the port, causing the jet ski driver to dive under water in an attempt to take cover.
When he reemerges, a gigantic cloud of smoke can be seen rising into the sky.
The video has provided people with a different perspective of the blast, as the majority of videos were captured on land.
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The Beirut blast: What we know so far...
Shortly after 6:00PM local time, a large fire could be seen at the Port of Beirut, on the city's northern Mediterranean coast, the BBC reports.
Videos posted to social media showed white smoke billowing from Warehouse 12, next to the port's huge grain silos.
After a large explosion, witnesses said they could see several smaller blasts that sounded like fireworks being set off.
Then, approximately 30 seconds later, there was a colossal explosion that sent a mushroom cloud into the air and a supersonic blastwave radiating through the city - leaving destruction in its wake. CNN reports that the explosion caused damage six miles away from the initial blast point.
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The explosion was so large that it was heard 125 miles away in Cyprus, and, per the BBC, seismologists at the United States Geological Survey said it was the equivalent of a 3.3-magnitude earthquake.
Lebanon's President, Michel Aoun, has since blamed the detonation on 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that claims was being stored unsafely at a warehouse in the port.
As of this writing, it has been reported that 137 people died as a result of the blast, and roughly 5,000 others were injured.
Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud has revealed that as many as 300,000 people have been made temporarily homeless by the explosion.