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Geology Picture of the Week, September 17-23, 2006: Lascar's Amazing Ash Cloud
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Posted on 09/22/2006 12:24:39 PM PDT by cogitator
Chile's Lascar Volcano is one of the highest altitude active volcanoes in the world, and might actually be the champion. Here's what it looked like in April 1993 from space (look for the ash cloud):
That ash cloud is the remnant activity from a previous explosion that was fairly impressive from the ground a few kilometers away.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: altitude; ash; chile; eruption; lascar; volcano
Ka-BOOM!
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:24:40 PM PDT
by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:25:44 PM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
It's amazing that all that dust doen't collapse in on itself. Beautiful pic, btw.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:27:55 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: cogitator
I hope that's not contributing to Global Warming!
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:32:34 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: clinkclink
Ping
Do you see a bird face in the first picture???
To: ClearCase_guy
I hope that's not contributing to Global Warming!The effect, if any, would be a cooling. But this wasn't big enough (though it was big). In '93, the Pinatubo effect was still working.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:40:59 PM PDT
by
cogitator
To: andyssister
I think it was a dove's face...we're saved!!
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:43:13 PM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
Actually it's a goose. But we still might be saved.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:45:23 PM PDT
by
LikeLight
To: stuartcr
LOL!! I'm glad someone else saw it too!
To: LikeLight
It's Flipper .. we're really saved.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:54:50 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Muslims kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: knarf
Upon closer examination, I now realize it's a peacock, not a goose. I think it means someone's going to have a baby.
To: LikeLight
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII don't know, now .... I think it's the umbrella handle from Mary Poppins .. it is practically perfect, you know.
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posted on
09/22/2006 1:18:40 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Muslims kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: cogitator
WoW! That's an awesome picture! I can't imagine living so close to an active volcano. Those people standing there are pretty brave, as far as I'm concerned. Btw, thanks for the ping! :o)
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posted on
09/22/2006 1:49:59 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(ISLAM IS A CULT OF DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
To: LikeLight
Actually it's a goose. But we still might be saved. LOL!
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posted on
09/22/2006 1:51:52 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(ISLAM IS A CULT OF DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
To: NRA2BFree
WoW! That's an awesome picture! I can't imagine living so close to an active volcano. I think that's actually a research camp or weather station, but it's still daunting to be that close.
To: cogitator
OK, how high is Mt. Lascar?
BTW, you are all mistaken. The face you see is the Chilean Chicken of Chickaboombah.
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posted on
09/22/2006 5:58:18 PM PDT
by
43north
(7 of 11 living things are insects. This explains liberals and islamofascists.)
To: 43north
It's a flying rat. AKA pigeon.
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posted on
09/23/2006 8:36:24 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: 43north
OK, how high is Mt. Lascar? 5592 meters; 18,346 feet.
Guallatiri is higher (19,918 feet), and still has hydrothermal activity at the summit, and last erupted in 1960. So "highest active volcano" will depend on how "active" is defined, obviously.
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