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Amazing pictures: The lightning storm that engulfed an erupting volcano
Daily Mail ^ | 7th May 2008 | MICHAEL HANLON

Posted on 05/08/2008 5:55:18 PM PDT by xcamel

Few sights in nature can compare to the sheer magnificence of a volcano erupting in full flow.

But while scenes of molten lava are relatively commonplace, this otherworldly picture of Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile shows a truly spectacular, and devastating, volcanic phenomenon.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; lightning; volcano
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wow...
1 posted on 05/08/2008 5:55:20 PM PDT by xcamel
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To: xcamel
Howza! Out of this world!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 05/08/2008 5:56:23 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: xcamel
And I'm supposed to stop using my charcoal grill because it might harm the environment........
3 posted on 05/08/2008 5:57:28 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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To: windcliff

Electrical activity over volcano awesome picture ping. (say that 5 times fast)


4 posted on 05/08/2008 5:57:44 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: xcamel

If we could only reproduce that in a lava lamp we’d all be rich!


5 posted on 05/08/2008 5:57:44 PM PDT by saganite
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To: xcamel

Awesome display!

Why did that image conjure up Mars Attacks or Bride of Frankenstein?


6 posted on 05/08/2008 5:57:44 PM PDT by loungeSerf (Hi-Yield Bureaucrat Farming - Hillary/Obama 08)
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To: xcamel

Ultimate ZOT!


7 posted on 05/08/2008 5:57:45 PM PDT by Redcitizen (What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
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To: xcamel

I see the face of Beezelbub. Clear as Hades.


8 posted on 05/08/2008 5:58:19 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
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To: xcamel

Orodruin?


9 posted on 05/08/2008 5:58:43 PM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment: It's not about sporting goods.)
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To: loungeSerf

“Why did that image conjure up Mars Attacks or Bride of Frankenstein?”

Because you have some popcorn to pop and some spare time?


10 posted on 05/08/2008 5:58:55 PM PDT by Redcitizen (What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

that that that that that...

Someone was going to do it :)


11 posted on 05/08/2008 5:59:22 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Shouldn't the libs love a Hunter Thompson ticket in 08?)
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To: xcamel

That one green lightning bolt is a nice touch.


12 posted on 05/08/2008 5:59:26 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
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To: steve86

Yes. Me too.


13 posted on 05/08/2008 6:00:17 PM PDT by Judith Anne (Don't just do something! Stand there!)
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To: xcamel; Constitution Day; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson

That's almost as awesome as a liger.

14 posted on 05/08/2008 6:00:31 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: loungeSerf
Why did that image conjure up Mars Attacks or Bride of Frankenstein?

I think it looks like Satan wearing a turban with verses from the Koran.

15 posted on 05/08/2008 6:00:42 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: xcamel

This planet never ceases to amaze me.


16 posted on 05/08/2008 6:00:58 PM PDT by Hadean
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To: xcamel

WOW!! That’s stunning.


17 posted on 05/08/2008 6:01:04 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: xcamel; All

The fingernail of GOD in action!


18 posted on 05/08/2008 6:01:19 PM PDT by TMSuchman (American by birth, MARINE by act of GOD!!)
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To: xcamel

I wish that was my brain on drugs.

At least it would be showing activity.


19 posted on 05/08/2008 6:01:27 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: blam; SunkenCiv
Beautiful photos of the Chaiten volcano.
20 posted on 05/08/2008 6:01:43 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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