Posted on 07/19/2011 7:36:09 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
Wholy balls of molten lava Batman!!! Thats HAWT!
If you like volcanos, see ‘ On Volcanos of the World’, 4 part series.
Discovery or NatGeo,or Smithonian. (don’t recall which one )
Fantastic photography. This volcano included along with about 6 others.
Is that the incident that killed that husband-wife volcano
photographers as well?
About 25 years ago, I did the Rotorua tour, and the they warned us
to stay on the path, "as six months ago, a US geologist that
should have known better, got too close to a mud pit, partially
slipped into it, and is still recovering."
Could have been a scare story, but with a legitimate purpose, though...
He was maneuvering to stick about a 1m long probe into a rivulet of
fairly fresh lava, and his overseer said "..and try to keep the probe
moving, or you'll never get it out, and they cost $XXX..."
Yepper, just call me Captain Oblivious. In my defense, I need the text size large so that bit was still below my view. Still it does show that I may need to reduce my Top Gear addiction for now.
An interview that explains some of why they study the lava:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hawaii/garcia1.html
I believe that couple were a French husband and wife team, and they died in Japan. I think it was the pyroclastic flow that killed them. IOW’s, the superheated air that cascaded down the mountain, not the lava.
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