Whoop di do. Magma beneath a volcano. Story at the 10. More wasted grant money.
To reliably replicate volcano research above ground, all one needs to do is let my wife cook in the kitchen. Boiling eggs turns into Claymore detonation. Cast iron pans that fold as they approach Magma stage.
Two sights that have left me gobsmacked...looking into the Crater Lake caldera, and looking into the Mt. Saint Helens caldera.
I am truly surprised the previous understanding believed a dormant volcano had expended all source of magma from which the volcano arose.
There is a permanent layer of magma below the earth’s surface and I would sumise that every volcano is no more nor less the surface point of a fissure that has opened up between the surface and the layer of earth that contains magma. The release of the magma out the surface may relieve pressure within the below ground region containing a resevoir of magma, but I never thought that meant that layer of magma was spent by the volcano.
““If we had a better general understanding of where magma was, we could do a much better job of targeting and optimizing monitoring,” said Geoffrey Abers, professor in geological sciences at Cornell.”
Sounds like they found a new reason for more funding.
Magma under volcanoes, whoda thunk?
I got sucked in by the headline. Magma isn’t exactly “unexpected”. I was thinking in terms of an ice skating rink or an entire city of Mole People.
Quite the astute scientists. The figured out that lava is under volcanoes. They probably need more funds to further study this shocking development.
Space aliens?
Now I’ll go read the article...
Can scientists guide a small eruption to dump its contents only on Redmond, Washington? For the public good.
Lava?
D.B. Cooper.🕺🏻
Remember that ‘Volcano’ movie from the late 90’s? Wonder how Karen Bass would handle THAT situation?
Holy Mother of God
You’ve got to go faster than that to get to the top
Dirty old mountain
All covered in smoke, she can turn you to stone
So you better start doing it right
Better start doing it ri-i-i-ight
You’re halfway up, and you’re halfway down
And the pack on your back is turning you around
Throw it away, you won’t need it up there
And remember
You don’t look back, whatever you do
Better start doing it ri-i-i-ight
On your left, and on your right
Crosses are green, and crosses are blue
Your friends didn’t make it through
Out of the night, and out of the dark
Into the fire, and into the fight
Well that’s the way the heroes go
Ho-ho-ho!
Through a crack in Mother Earth
Blazing hot, the molten rock
Spills out over the land
And the lava’s the lover who licks your boots away-hey-hey!
If you don’t want to boil as well
B-B-Better start the dance
D-D-Do you want to dance with me?
You better start doing it right
The music’s playing, the notes are right
Put your left foot first and move into the light
The edge of this hill is the edge of the world
And if you’re going to cross you better start doing it right
Better start doing it ri-i-ight
You better start doing it rii-ight
Let the dance begin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRQgTbbfwA
JOE?
There is also no such thing as a “super” volcano.
I so agree. Who would ever not expect liquid matter under the earth crust? More welfare for scientists.
Yellow moons, pink hearts, green clovers?
I was worried they’d mention Reptilicus or Morlocks.