VOLCANOES! So hot they're hellacool!

-- RJG (r_gillander...), August 2nd, 2003 12:23 PM. (RJG)

It's nasty and no fun. And not beautiful either.

http://everythingjustso.com/images/augustine.jpg

2 months pass...
i dont live in a country where any o' that crap comes from i live in england. so what wuld i know dont ask meee!

― patel, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (8 years ago) Bookmark

you do now dude; all UK airports now shut down

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

2nd volcano eruption in Iceland for year 2010. 14.04.2010. Day 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4P51xmQF4

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157623855495574

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7096/bildep.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MQBL_f_D3U

^^^ gonna be like this in northern Europe a little later today, abandon all hope etc.

^ so awesome

love this one:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4483234864_1dd7fefa8b_b.jpg

Eyjafjallajoekslulz

The plume is so high that it will neither be visible nor pose a threat to humans on the ground, although Dr Rothery added that we may have a "spectacularly red sunset" on Thursday evening.

Dr Rothery = a Pliny the Elder of our time

we are doomed

Just, wow:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4497761488_529eed7dda.jpg

that michael lewis piece did a lot to dampen my affection for our crazy cousinz in the north atlantic but this renews it

"spectacularly red sunset"
i like a good sunset :)

hopefully!

thanks for the volcanic ash Iceland. all is forgiven.

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.ImageFileViewer/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files.361/4300.radar-view-of-uk.jpg_2D00_550x0.jpg

from radarvirtual.com

Dr Rothery added that we may have a "spectacularly red sunset" on Thursday evening.

last night's was pretty awesome as it was

one bike ride up to the hills for 8:10pm with camera me thinks!

^^yup

Found on another board:

Dear Iceland,

We said, "Send CASH."

Thank you,

The United Kingdom

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

don't panic, but..

"When Eyjafjallajokull last erupted in 1821, it remained active for an entire year. Worse, the event could trigger the eruption of nearby Mt. Katla, which is even more powerful. If Katla were to explode, North Atlantic airspace could be affected for months. It could even impact the climate: the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines threw so much ash into the atmosphere that it reduced the amount of sunlight reaching the planet, cooling the world by about 0.5°C over the next two years. And that's something everyone would notice, even on a clear day

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1982328,00.html#ixzz0lC5e9CpZ

the event could

if Katla were to explode

airspace could be

it could even

there goes my weekend in spain

Dr Rothery added that we may have a "spectacularly red sunset" on Thursday evening.
hmmmm, not sure a bout the spectacular, but it was red.
cycled 12 miles, froze on a hill for half an hour for this!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4524302720_78537eb49e.jpg

I was so tied up in the debate I totally forgot to look out the window :-(

wonder if my parents got home from Rome.

I was so engrossed wit Hot Tub Time Machine I forgot to look out the window (also buildings outside my window blocking my view but whatevs).

that doesn't look too bad xp? supposedly the ash cloud will linger for a few days, not sure if it had reached the south by sunset today but it was becoming overcast anyway

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/15/iceland.flights/index.html

key bit:

Jens Stoltenberg, who was in the United States for President Obama's nuclear summit, is running the Norwegian government from the U.S. via his new iPad, press secretary Sindre Fossum Beyer said.

cycled miles up hill with my camera only to find out, after trying to take a test picture of a sheep, that i'd forgot to bring my memory card.

watched sunset anyway, didn't look any different from normal. but still nice.

ouch ste!

I've seen better sunsets too, at least we both got a bike rode out of it.

Hjordis Gudmondsdottir, a spokesperson for Isavia, Iceland's air traffic authority, said: "The ash is going out to the ocean and to Europe so our airports aren't really affected. It's almost funny, except it isn't, obviously."

"YOU SAY LOOOOOOOOO"

"omg i'm crying"

― dipster purpies (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Dr Rothery added that what he means is Old Testament, real wrath of God type stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/04/how_to_say_eyjafjallajoekull.shtml

Is there no way of putting a cloth like filter on one of these engines?
What I mean to say is, technology CAN save us if we bring in hindsight to the equation.
Most likely my idea with the cloth filter is a
major fail, but I refuse to read that mother nature has stopped us in our tracks of progress.
Surly there is going to be an article written with regards to this on what technology can offer.
Because that would be an interesting read.

- John, UK, 16/4/2010 2:35
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Let's hope mother earth wipes the human race out altogether in some way.
Can you imagine how wonderful the planet was before we arrived?..How contented the animals were...how everything was unpolluted, natural and in perfect balance and harmony?
We are just gross.

- Tony, Essex, 16/4/2010 10:53
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Be thankful it was not a nuclear explosion.

- Ray Lucas, Oxon, 16/4/2010 11:05
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^ Comments from the Daily Mail's Awesome power of the fires of hell: How all the technology in the world can't save us from Mother Earth's fury, which I won't link to cos it's shit.

In a shockingly unironic British-tabloidy-xenophobia imitation, Belgian "quality paper" De Standaard has managed to publish an opinion piece claiming that this ash isn't the worst thing that Iceland has sent our way, turning this into a full blown attack on everything Icelandic by dragging up totally irrelevant things like Björk's singing, Sigur Rós' invented language, the Icelandic banking crisis, some rotten fish recipe and finally Nordic style knitted jumpers.

are you sure it was completely unironic?

i think the daily mail readers must be under the influence of the icp, it's not like them to show such a lack of positivist enquiry

That's fucking wild.

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6BKdHEPmFA

http://vimeo.com/11205494

i like how as soon as the UK could open its airports again this volcano basically ceased to exist

^^^ this

C4 now, quite interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8658738.stm (Ireland closing 0600-1200 tomrro)

wow, thought all that had blown over :-/

Been stuck in Spain with two flights cancelled since Monday. V weird, you go from anger to acceptance to enjoying more time in the sun (I'm in my parents place so can keep travelling back from airport) to worry about next flight. Work are being good tho and tomorrow is another day. Did get a lovely sunny eve today and a relaxing swim in the sea then pool then shower. Want to be back at work tho!

Volcano season in full swing :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_america/10189054.stm

Thousands flee volcanos in Ecuador and Guatemala
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as two volcanos erupted in Guatemala and Ecuador.

In Guatemala, the Pacaya volcano began spewing lava, rocks and debris on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 50 others.

In Ecuador, the Tungurahua volcano forced the evacuation of seven villages and shut the airport and schools in Guayaquil, the country's largest city.

2.2 Mb animated gif of lightning above the Eyjafjallajökull: http://blog.atmospheres.be/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/frames-bliksem.gif

so great

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/06/04/video-active-lava-pond-in-puu-oo-volcano-vent/

in official ilx colors, btw.

the blog post this tweet links to is interesting!

I'll start: volcanic ash is not fluffy, or smoke. It is pulverized rock/glass/crystals with VERY different hazards. More: https://t.co/T2JCs99zDN pic.twitter.com/iG5EGztZI7

— Dr Janine Krippner (@janinekrippner) July 30, 2019

i am watching dante's peak for like the 30th time