Posted on 07/17/2024 12:05:21 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: When Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, swings his blacksmith's hammer, the sky is lit on fire. A recent eruption of Chile's Villarrica volcano shows the delicate interplay between this fire -- actually glowing steam and ash from melted rock -- and the light from distant stars in our Milky Way galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds galaxies. In the featured timelapse video, the Earth rotates under the stars as Villarrica erupts. With about 1350 volcanoes, our planet Earth rivals Jupiter's moon Io as the most geologically active place in the Solar System. While both have magnificent beauty, the reasons for the existence of volcanoes on both worlds are different. Earth's volcanoes typically occur between slowly shifting outer shell plates, while Io's volcanoes are caused by gravitational flexing resulting from Jupiter's tidal gravitational pull.
Today's image is a short video clip at the source link.
Today's image is a short video clip at the source link.
Looks like Mount Doom!
After purchasing a home in an HOA the HOA may change the rules and add new ones. If they are abusive it is perfectly acceptable that governments intervene when HOA enact rules that abuse homeowners. Citizens petition their representatives and, if the representatives think there is a real problem they pass a law to stop the abuse. When HOA first came in to being there was no concept that they would supersede the will of the voters and citizens. You believe in the rules so much why are you whining that legislatures also have a contract with the citizens that came before and supersedes the HOA contracts. Did I misread the Constitution and miss where they defined the supremacy of HOAs? Look at it this way, Legislatures are the ultimate HOA and all other HOA in their states are subservient to the legislatures rules and bylaws.
Constitution > Legislatures > HOAs
I remember going through the Strait of Messina at night back in the Seventies aboard the USS JFK, and seeing the overcast clouds above lit red with the reflection of the lava-filled caldera of Mount Etna.
We also had a man overboard (not THAT night) as we passed through the narrowest part. We had a guy who, it was thought, had leaped overboard to desert. He was never found, but I think, if not perhaps for currents, he could have made it swimming to shore.
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