Keyword: lava
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Link post: Geology Picture of the Week Bonus: Hot Kilauea Action!
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The ongoing Kilauea eruption has been relatively lacking in photogenic action for a few weeks, but over the weekend there was a diversion in the main lava flow that resulted in some striking images. My favorite is below; go to the source site for more.
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More pictures of Stromboli lava flows in April 2003
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Link post: Geology Picture of the Week, June 8-14, 2003 (with bonus link for last week)
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And a bonus image link: Hawaiian Islands
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Link post: Geology Picture of the Week, April 6-13, 2003, with bonus image links
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This just made me chuckle.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 March 31 Mt. Etna Lava Plumes Credit & Copyright: Marco Fulle (Stromboli online) Explanation: Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. Located in Sicily, Italy, the volcano produces lava fountains over one kilometer high. Mt. Etna is not only one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, it is one of the largest, measuring over 50 kilometers at its base and rising nearly...
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Link post: Geology Picture of the Week, March 23-29, 2003
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Optional caption contest: Special Forces op measures temperature of Saddam Hussein's hemorrhoids following precision munitions strike
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 January 02 Mt. Etna Eruption Plume Credit: International Space Station Crew, NASA Explanation: Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. In late October of last year, however, earthquakes triggered a particularly vigorous outburst from this well known volcano on the Italian island of Sicily. Local schools were closed and air-traffic re-routed as hot lava poured out and ash spewed out and settled as...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 October 29 A Lunar Rille Credit: Apollo 10, NASA Explanation: What could cause a long indentation on the Moon? First discovered over 200 years ago with a small telescope, rilles (rhymes with pills) appear all over the Moon. Three types of rilles are now recognized: sinuous rilles, which have many meandering curves, arcuate rilles which form sweeping arcs, and straight rilles, like Ariadaeus Rille pictured above. Long...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 October 19 Io's Surface: Under Construction Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA Explanation: Like the downtown area of your favorite city, the roads you drive to work on, and any self-respecting web site ... Io's surface is constantly under construction. This moon of Jupiter holds the distinction of being the Solar System's most volcanically active body -- its bizarre looking surface continuously formed and reformed by lava flows....
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Mauna Loa Could be Headed for Eruption MAUNA LOA, Hawaii, October 15, 2002 (ENS) - Mauna Loa, Hawaii's biggest volcano, is showing signs of life again almost two decades after its last eruption. Recent geophysical data collected on the surface of the 13,500 foot volcano revealed that Mauna Loa's summit caldera has begun to swell and stretch at a rate of two to 2.5 inches a year, say scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Stanford University. Surface inflation can be a precursor of a volcanic eruption, the scientists warn. "Inflation means that magma is accumulating below the...
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<p>VOLCANO, Hawai'i — Lava from Kilauea Volcano cascaded into the ocean at three points yesterday as thousands of visitors trekked to witness the latest display.</p>
<p>Kilauea has drawn hundreds of thousands of lava watchers to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in the 19-year Pu'u 'O'o eruption, but never in the numbers seen since lava began several weeks ago flowing across an accessible area near the ocean, park officials said.</p>
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PARADISE RIDGE, Mount Rainier — They were a scientific odd couple, a perfect pair to make a breakthrough discovery. Geologist Dave Lescinsky knew glaciers, and his sure-footed mountain-climbing friend Tom Sisson had seen more of Rainier's oddities than most scientists. For years, it was assumed Mount Rainier's 25 mightiest glaciers chewed Washington's tallest volcano into its irresistibly craggy form. As lava spewed from Rainier's gullet over the eons, the theory went, fiery molten rock gushed from the summit, filling the valleys. Then the rivers went to work, sluicing out new valleys, ultimately exposing Rainier's signature ridgelines. Lescinsky and Sisson weren't...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 March 27 Looking Into an Io Volcano Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA Explanation: What would it look like to peer into one of the volcanoes currently active on Jupiter's moon Io? The caldera of Tupan Patera, named after a Brazilian thunder god, reveals itself to be a strange and dangerous place, replete with hot black lava, warm red sulfur deposits likely deposited from vented gas, and hilly...
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