Posted on 02/09/2006 10:22:34 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Ping!
Ping!
You been raising a little heck over there, "G"??
Mt. Fuji webcam
http://www3.shizuokanet.ne.jp/sinet/cam.acgi
They already have a plan for that. It is called "Barbecued Teriyaki Godzilla.":-)
Damnn Tiger what going on don't tell me Godzilla is waking up LOL!
BBQ Godzilla does taste like chicken LOL!
OH MAN MT Fiji is nice volcano blame this on Godzilla LOL!
Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
I guess we won't be skiing Mt. Fuji this year.
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
Space Shuttle photos of snow-capped Fuji.
Hakone caldera
Hakone consists of seven central cones within double calderas. One of those cones is a stratovolcano and six are steep lava domes. The outer, older caldera was formed in the middle of a stratovolcano. The inner, younger caldera was formed in the middle of a shield volcano. The main part of the body of Hakone is a huge stratovolcano. This volcano has a central caldera 6.8 miles (11 km) across from north to south and 6.2 miles (10 km) across from east to west. The circular ridge surrounding this caldera is an old somma. It ranges in height from ~2600-4000 ft (800-1200 m).
Note to self....stop building cities next to a volcano.
Thu Jan 12, 10:45 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - A lack of winter snow on Japan's famed Mount Fuji has sparked speculation the volcano could erupt for the first time in three centuries, but experts Thursday denied any link between snow and seismic activity.
Much of Japan has had record snowfall in the last month, but recent photographs of the usually snowcapped Mount Fuji show its slopes looking bare.
"A lot of snow fell on Mount Fuji, but it was blown off by strong winds," a city official in Fujiyoshida near Mount Fuji said.
Some tabloids have taken the snowless peak as a sign that an eruption was imminent, but scientists said there was no basis for concern.
"There is no link whatsoever between the scarcity of snow on Mount Fuji and volcanic activities there," said a scientist at the volcano section of Japan's Meteorological Agency.
The nearly conical Fuji is classified as a dormant volcano since it last erupted in 1707, but the government was rattled in November 2000 when the number of small earthquakes shaking the peak jumped to more than 200 from a monthly average of around 20.
Japan, which lies at the intersection of several tectonic plates, is regularly rattled by tremors of varying strength, with volcanic eruptions not infrequent.
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Rare day when a cold front clears away the smog and Fuji-san is is visible from the Kanto Plain. Definitely a view to enjoy while it is available!
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