Posted on 04/18/2015 10:12:44 PM PDT by concernedcitizen76
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Mount Baekdu is set to explode according to experts and if that isn't shocking enough, keep in mind that Baekdu is responsible for one of the worst eruptions in the last 2,000 years.
Professor Yoon Seong-hyo from Pusan National University urged officials to keep a close eye on the highest peak of the Korean peninsula. Baekdu is an active volcano located on the border between North Korea and China.
The caldera or cauldron of the Baekdu volcano, which is sometimes called Paektu or Changbai, has risen a centimetre since July, according to new research.
"The mountains's height has risen about 10 centimetres between 2002 and 2005," Yoon added, speaking to the Korea Times. "It then began to sink in 2009. The shift changed only recently, which is significant."
Additionally the temperature near the caldera geyser has also risen significantly jumping from 70C to 83C. Yoon also took a look at other parameters like helium concentration which went from 6.5 times normal atmosphere levels to seven times.
"All these signs indicate the magma inside the mountain is moving upward," he said. "We need to monitor the mountain closely.
According to a different paper published five years ago, Baekdu had a Magnitude 7 explosive eruption about 1,000 years ago. Despite having a low magma temperature, the powerful volcano ejected a volume of more than 100 km3.
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Oh, no, Even MORE global cooling?
There has been many volcanoes that are just about ready to explode, all over the world. There is KRAKATAO in Indonesia. Just as a reminder, that was the volcano that erupted in the late 1800, that cause a few years in this country without a summer. One could only wish that this volcano in that part of the would explode, ridding us one of the most disgusting country this world has ever created.
Where I go I hope there’s rum.
I watched a documentary on Krakatoa and the sound of the eruption could be heard as far away as New Zealand. (The volcano developed cracks that allowed ocean water to come into contact with the magma. The volcano blew itself apart soon thereafter.) If this volcano is on par with what happened then, one might want to put on hold any travel plans to that part of the world for the forseeable future.
In heaven there is no beer.
That's why we drink it here.
And when we're all gone from here.
Our friends will be drinking all the beer.
Just think, someone who can’t read would love to build his house on that beauty spot.
The North Korean hierarchy are so worried about Mt. Baekdu erupting they invited scientists from the U.K. and U.S. to come to North Korea for testing and monitoring. Some scientists seem to think North Korean nuclear tests may be a factor.
The Koreans believe their culture originated from supernal ancestors who long ago inhabited Mt. Baekdu, the sacred mountain. Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un hold a devotional grip over the North Korean people in part because they believe these leaders to be pure Baekdu bloodline descendents, which confers upon them racial purity and semi-divine cachet. This mythology is constantly reinforced by state media much like statist media here deify the jerk Obomba.
62 cubic miles of ejecta, for us over here.
The 535 AD eruption of Krakatoa may have had profound historical effects including influencing the birth of the anti-human, islam.
No, 24 cubic miles. You forgot to cube the 0.62.
Feel better knowing about your mistake?
The pressure wave from Krakatoa circled the earth three times. It was picked up by the barometer charts all proper Victorians had in their drawing rooms! An excellent book about the eruption is “Krakatoa”, by Simon Winchester. I loved that book.
(ping to our Master of Disasters)
Baekdu is an active volcano located on the border between North Korea and China.Well, that is a danged shame. Thanks Explorer89.
Baekdu is an active volcano located on the border between North Korea and China.Well, that is a danged shame. Thanks Explorer89.
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Baekdu is an active volcano located on the border between North Korea and China.Well, that is a danged shame. Thanks Explorer89.
You better lava her now or lava her not.
NAMBOLA (North American Media-Barack Obama Love Association).
NAMBOLA - the love that dares not speak its name.
motto - "We're not as bad as NAMBLA, as far as YOU know!"
If there is an eruption Kim can claim it or blame it.
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