Lightning Bolts appear above volcano in Chile + Etna volcano rumbles back to life in Sicily

Yahoo News and AFP ^ | May 10, 2008

[NYer]

Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanos are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008.
REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez (CHILE)

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The Etna volcano in Sicily rumbled back to life on Tuesday with a "seismic event" followed by a burst of ash, volcanologists said three days after minor eruptions shook the cone.

A "seismic event provoking a strong explosion was recorded Tuesday at 0424 GMT (6:42 am local) in parts of the peak of the volcano," the National Geophysics and Vulcanology Institute in Sicily's Catania region said in a statement.

The explosion on Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano at 3,295 metres (10,810 feet), was followed by a rain of ash on the southeast crater, "where significant gas emissions are occurring," the statement said.

The institute dispatched experts on Tuesday to the site, but "the phenomenon currently represents no danger to people or property," it said.

Saturday's eruption, accompanied by streams of lava, was also at the volcano's southeast crater.

The last eruption of Mount Etna was in November 2007, two months after another eruption forced a temporary closure of nearby Catania airport due to flowing lava and clouds of ash.

The last major eruption was in 2001.

[NYer]

Thought I would post this to the Religion Forum where it would be appreciated ;-) That first picture is just amazing!

[RightWhale]

Seismic events are popping up around the planet. Japan, Greece, England, China, San Diego, Reno, Aleutians, Chile. Stand by.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Earthquakes everywhere. Volcano activity everywhere. What’s up with that? (Oh yeah, Bush’s Fault.)

[1035rep]

That first picture is just amazing!

It certainly is. 

[NYer]

Seismic events are popping up around the planet.

I realize there are thousands of earthquakes each day; do you see a particular pattern emerging with this particular string of quakes?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

We’re not doomed, this is entirely contained.

[TexanToTheCore]

Apparently the last 40 years or so have been quiet in regards to big geologic events. It seems to be returning to normal.

[al_c]

That is such a cool picture!

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Now if we can just find this in a "Gaia-sized" dose...

[WayneS]

Lightning bolts?

Volcanos?

Earthquakes?

Cyclones?

Tornados?

The end times are here.

REPENT! REPENT!!

[trillabodilla]

Psalm 24
1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

[chrisser]

The end times are here

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

[PugetSoundSoldier]

From Chile:

From the movie Independence Day:

Coincidence?

[LongTimeMILurker]

The volcano is exposing or changing an effective electrical charge in the earth, increasing the electric field to the point where it exceeds the dielectric strength of air. This results in the air dielectric breaking down and dischaging the giant “capacitor” in a lightning bolt. I don’t see it as a great mystery, given that magnetic materials are moving in a magnetic field creating electric currents and charges. Any electrical engineers or meteorologists want to chime in?

[Catholic Canadian]

That first pic blows any hollywood effects shop out of the water.

[JamesP81]

That is one wicked photo ping.

[never4get]

...We’re gonna die...we’re gonna die....ahhhhhh.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Earthquakes, volcanoes... What’s going on in there? Is she gettin’ ready to blow?

[trisham]

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

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LOL! Who ya gonna call?

[RightWhale]

A pattern of sorts. Maybe ten mag 5 and bigger events in the past ten days beginning with the Chilean volcano, and they are on a great circle around the planet. No really big ones as yet.

[NYer]

I don’t see it as a great mystery,

Not when you explain it as well as you have. For those of us not so well versed, it's an amazing sight.

[y6162]

or if you are an Einstein..PARTY!...PARTY!

[Moose4]

A big version of that top one would be an amazing desktop wallpaper.

}:-)4

[RightWhale]

Yesterday a squirrel hopped up to within a foot of the dog and they just looked curiously at each other. This is highly unusual behavior for both of them.

[NYer]

No really big ones as yet.

What would constitute a big one? Are these rated on a scale?

[Catholic Canadian]

REPENT! REPENT!!

Don't worry, we'll put in a good word for you when the time comes.

[Froufrou]

My hubs took a class in meteorology and he’s as good at predicting the whether as any of the weather channel people. Maybe better.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

I think that shaker that just happened in China would qualify as big - larger than any earthquake in the Continental US for the last 150 years...

[RightWhale]

A big one would be 8+ in Seattle. An 8+ near Hokkaido would be a curiosity but not unusual.

[RightWhale]

It’s been oddly quiet around Seattle. Too quiet.

[Alex Murphy]

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Tell them about the Twinkie...

[Moose4]

Another Chilean volcano picture, as spectacular as the first one:

}:-)4

[JennysCool]

It’s only with the development of satellite media over the past half-century that we now pretty much know what’s going on anywhere in the world. I’ll bet there have been some honkin’ huge geological events, even in the past century, no one who wasn’t there will ever know about.

[Rebelbase]

I think you’re on to something.........

[PugetSoundSoldier]

We're getting our share...

Of course, I think a lot of the earthquakes are being damped by the drooping spirits of all the Mariner's fans. After all, earthquakes happen underground, and are now joined by by the Mariner's season record...

[NYer]

Here's the sequel shot.

Ashes from the nearby Chilean Chaiten volcano cover Argentina's Patagonian city of Esquel May 9, 2008. A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile's Patagonia could collapse back down to devastate the surrounding area. REUTERS/Jorge Cortizo (ARGENTINA)

[SpinnerWebb]

it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds.

[Young Werther]

"Who ya gonna call???"

AlGorgeous of course. Isn't he the Saint of Global Warming?

Of course, that Etna eruption is one Italian Hottie!

Gina is another!!

[knittnmom]

Awesome, there was a thread a few days ago with a better pic...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013370/posts

[bc42875]

Al Gore has just come out and said the volcano must buy some carbon offsets for all the CO2 it’s emitting. The UN has agreed.

[fanfan]

It's all according to plan.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbN37gyO5Ig&feature=related

[Frank Sheed]

Seen any comets or other signs in the heavens?
Time to re-read “Father Elijah”....

[Moose4]

I can’t help but look at that picture and think of the words “a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.” Truly terrifying.

}:-)4

[NYer]

Thanks for posting the link! I did a keyword search before posting this thread but nothing came up.

[NYer]

Thank you for posting that! I had forgotten about that verse from Scripture. In my imagination, that would have been a funnel cloud but this image is far more fitting. Here's the Daily Mail's blown up version of the photo you posted.

[Frank Sheed]

Check out numero quattro! The “beast” is staring right at you! Whoaa, dude!

[Frank Sheed]

You gotta switch to Sanka!

;-o)