Our Awesome Planet: Volcanic Cloud OF DOOM.
May 8th, 2008
No, that’s not an asteroid strike, one of the Great Old Ones or Other Gods visiting Earth, nor is it a sign of the Singularity—or the Rapture, the Great Judgment, or ( insert your own apocalyptic event here )—it’s a volcanic eruption in Chile. According to the original article on National Geographic News:
The mingling of lightning and ash seen above may be a “dirty thunderstorm.”
The little-understood storms may be sparked when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collide to produce static charges—just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms.
Hmmmmm. I think a “dirty storm” is going to show up in my fiction sometime soon, because that there…that’s just awesome! Makes me wish I lived somewhere within shouting distance of an active volcano: far enough away to avoid pyroclastic clouds, lava bombs, and the like, but close enough that I could sit on my back porch and enjoy the primal fireworks and ash-falls.
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This is picture is beautiful and terrifying all at once...it's really awe-inspiring.
I am also trying to place whether I pinged you on facebook or not, if I did, forgive me for being a stalker. Miss talking to you.
Take care...
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