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Geology Picture of the Week, August 11-17, 2002
U.S. Geological Survey Hawaii Volcano Observatory ^
Posted on 08/12/2002 10:55:19 AM PDT by cogitator
Click on the image below to see the larger version.
And here's an easy Where Is It? for anyone that wants to play:
I'm posting this because of a recently-released hazard announcement regarding this site, to whit, don't go camping in the crater if the mountain's uneasy.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Science
KEYWORDS: hawaii; kilauea; lavaflow; volcano
Eruption Update has a bunch of new ocean-entry pictures. It was hard to choose the best one, as many are striking.
Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka is acting up; level of concern there is ORANGE. There's a Webcam at Stromboli On-Line, but right now the Stromboli On-Line site is down.
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posted on
08/12/2002 10:55:19 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; capitan_refugio; SuziQ; GingisK; Lazarus Long; d4now; ...
*ping*
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posted on
08/12/2002 10:56:37 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
WOW!! Those lava fall photos are outstanding!
Put me on your ping list, please.
To: cogitator
bump for later amazement
To: cogitator
the second image is a mudpot!
To: blam
bump to blam.
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posted on
08/12/2002 11:37:15 AM PDT
by
LostTribe
To: Republicus2001
the second image is a mudpot!Nope. Try again. Think a bit more exotic.
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posted on
08/12/2002 11:57:43 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
I made some of your pics my desktop. They are nice shots.. If you see a high resolution one please post it.
thanks : )
To: cogitator
Expansion of a shield volcano....they say human birth is a miracle,but the birth of land never ceases to amaze me.
No. 2 is the Hershey mine.... Let's give everyone a clue-- nyerereite and gregoryite are the principle minerals in this type of pyroclast.
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posted on
08/12/2002 12:41:16 PM PDT
by
ijcr
To: ijcr
No. 2 is the Hershey mine.... Let's give everyone a clue-- nyerereite and gregoryite are the principle minerals in this type of pyroclast.Hadn't heard it referred to as the Hershey mine, but the mineral names pretty much nail it down.
To: cogitator
Cogie,
Go to Freepers Thread 329 and check out Posts 167, 183, 192 and 197. They are real-time photos of the Andes in Peru.
To: Cuttnhorse
Go to Freepers Thread 329 and check out Posts 167, 183, 192 and 197. They are real-time photos of the Andes in Peru.Nice; what do you mean by "real-time"? How are you getting these?
To: cogitator
Nice; what do you mean by "real-time"? How are you getting these?I took them last Saturday. The high twin peaks is Huascaran, the second highest peak in the western hemisphere at 6768 meters above SL, part of the "Peruvian Alps", the Cordillera Blanca.
To: LostTribe; cogitator
That's a mud volcano. Probably in one of the -----stans.
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posted on
08/12/2002 3:04:40 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
That's a mud volcano. Probably in one of the -----stans.Nope. Do a Web search on the mineral names in post #9 and you'll figure it out.
To: cogitator
Azerbijan Mud Volcano
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posted on
08/12/2002 4:15:19 PM PDT
by
blam
To: cogitator
Twisted sense of humour...I was referring to the Pennsylvania chocolate mines,I apologise.They made sit through a slideshow of a field trip to Tanzania while my weeks pay was running on the race course at the bottom of the university grounds. Imperial College Geo-Physics was next to Ascot.
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posted on
08/12/2002 5:05:44 PM PDT
by
ijcr
To: blam
The mud volcano picture does look similar, but the Where Is It? picture was of a carbonatite lava eruption at Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.
For those interested, apparently there was a recent accident at a campsite inside Ol Doinyo Lengai's active crater, and one person sustained second degree burns when the lava (not as hot as basalt lava, but still plenty hot) actually entered the tent. He was evacuated safely, but the safety warning indicated it is no longer safe to camp in the active crater.
To: cogitator
"actually entered the tent. " Reminds me of the time I camped on the beach and the tide came in while I was asleep. What a mess.
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posted on
08/13/2002 10:08:22 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Reminds me of the time I camped on the beach and the tide came in while I was asleep. What a mess.I bet, but fortunately not as hot as molten carbonatite lava.
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