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Scientist gets too close to boiling lava from volcano
BBC ^
| 07/19/11
| staff
Posted on 07/19/2011 7:36:09 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
19 July 2011 Last updated at 00:07 ET Help A scientist tries to get a lava sample from Mount Nyiragongo in Africa's Great Rift Valley, but gets too close to the boiling lake.
Dr Dario Tedesco, from the University of Naples, one of the world's leading authorities on the volcano, tries to alert the scientist whose life is at risk.
Mount Nyiragongo is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Scientists want to take lava samples from volcanoes because it can give vital clues about what is happening deep inside the planet.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; congo; dariotedesco; demrepubofthecongo; goma; greatriftvalley; italy; lava; mountnyiragongo; nyiragongo; riftvalley; rwanda; volcano; volcanoes
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Excellent Video at the source.
To: winoneforthegipper
“Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!”
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:41:15 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: winoneforthegipper
Strangely worded headline. I interpreted it to mean that scientists in the lab had a beaker of lava heating over a Bunsen burner and it was getting close to the boiling point.
To: winoneforthegipper
Step away from the volcano.
Don't touch the hot lava.
Boiling water is hot.
3rd grade science... No PHD required.
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:42:41 AM PDT
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: Gondring
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:48:45 AM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
Pretty stupid....The same stuff overflowed 5 minutes later. Thre are certaily wiser ways to scoop up the lava...
I'm sorry....I'd fire the guy. I don't want "stupid" working for me.
To: winoneforthegipper
About twenty years ago, one of the leading “field” volcanologists led a group of scientists into a smoking caldera, where it promptly blew up, killing several and badly injuring many more.
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:51:13 AM PDT
by
Flightdeck
(If you hear me yell "Eject, Eject, Eject!" the last two will be echos...)
To: winoneforthegipper
looks like we have our next XGames contest!
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:52:27 AM PDT
by
JimBianchi11
(The 2A is the cornerstone of our free society. Those that don't support it, oppose it.)
To: winoneforthegipper
Narrator sounds like Richard Hammond - one of the “Top Gear” co-hosts and frequent BBC narrator.
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:53:01 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(1776 to 2011, 235 years and counting in the GRAND EXPERIMENT!)
To: Flightdeck
Vulcanologists certainly are an excitable breed....
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:53:34 AM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: JimBianchi11
Xtreme Lava Sampling....lol!
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:56:12 AM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Strangely worded headline. Yes, "gets too close" implies something happened. But the scientist got away in time. He appeared unharmed and got his suit off without trouble.
He definitely took a risk as scientists typically do, but I don't think this justifies the Journalistic Hype "gets too close".
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posted on
07/19/2011 7:57:20 AM PDT
by
sr4402
To: winoneforthegipper
I wouldn’t touch that with a 10 foot pole.
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posted on
07/19/2011 8:05:06 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Sacajaweau
Thre are certaily wiser ways to scoop up the lava...There certainly are... Hey, Bob! Scoop me up some lava, would ya'?
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posted on
07/19/2011 8:06:37 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
To: SES1066
Narrator sounds like Richard Hammond - one of the “Top Gear” co-hosts and frequent BBC narrator. The text under the video provides a useful clue:
Find out more about volcanoes in Richard Hammond's Journey To... The Centre of the Planet on Tuesday 19 July, 2100 BST on BBC One.
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posted on
07/19/2011 8:13:42 AM PDT
by
whd23
(Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
To: winoneforthegipper
To: SES1066
Narrator sounds like Richard Hammond - one of the “Top Gear” co-hostsNow THAT'S a funny show.
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posted on
07/19/2011 8:20:54 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: winoneforthegipper
"It is dangerous in my opinion. it is a
little crazy."
A little?
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posted on
07/19/2011 8:35:05 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: IYAS9YAS
It's absurd that they don't know what is going on and this will give them the necessary info to fulfill some mission.
We already know how volcano's work. Grant money everywhere!!!
To: winoneforthegipper
when it comes to warming, think globally and what ever you do, don’t act locally next to a volcano!
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posted on
07/19/2011 8:55:52 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(From her lips to the voters' ears: Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "We own the economy" June 15, 2011)
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