Eye Candy: Chilean Volcanic Thunderstorm
By Evan Ackerman
No gadgets here, just some incredible pictures of the eruption of Chile’s Chaitén volcano. The plume of ash is thought to generate enough static electricity to cause what is called a “dirty thunderstorm” in the same way that colliding ice particles provide the juice for regular thunderstorms. Three more amazing pics, after the jump.
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Only nature can create such fine eye candy! i wish there was a vid of it.
Posted 4:04 am on May 8th, 2008Heh, there’s electricity, and there’s blinking lights. It’s still a gadget, just a very big one.
Way cool. A volcano eruption AND lightning bolts. Excuse me now, watching such displays of raw energy always gives me the urge of rubbing my hands together and laughing like a maniac.
Posted 8:02 am on May 8th, 2008Yes, thats right, its not my weather machine, merely a lightning storm caused by a volcano…. muahahahaha
Posted 10:17 am on May 8th, 2008Haha, good call Yocto!
Posted 12:42 pm on May 8th, 2008that photo is by the US secretary of commerce????
Posted 3:42 pm on May 8th, 2008Anyone know if it is possible to get higher res versions of any of these images? Would make a great wallpaper.
Posted 3:44 pm on May 8th, 2008omg!
http://www.geocities.com/kewlboyee/sauron_chilevolcano.jpg
Posted 3:54 pm on May 8th, 2008Anyone know where you can find higher resolution version’s of these photos? They are AMAZING.
Posted 5:43 pm on May 8th, 2008the pics are impresive, but the people who live there loose all the thinks they have. home, farm, a life.
if you can put a little about the real tragedy and not only the pics, and meabye how to help. you make alot of people very happy…
ps: sorry but my english sux
Posted 7:47 pm on May 8th, 2008See that little link under the last picture that says [National Geographic]? It leads to wallpapers of these pics. (And for Someone From Chile, it also leads to an article about the plight of animals and people in the blast zone.)
Posted 4:50 pm on May 9th, 2008someone from chile —
Posted 1:02 am on May 10th, 2008mean while possibly another 100,000 perish in myanmar, and a million displaced. a volcano erupting in a remote part of chile is hardly a tragedy in comparison. chile will help their own. myanmar hasn’t helped their own in the past and most likely won’t help now.
Everyone complaining about this - if you live by a volcano, you blame yourself. You COULD always MOVE. The risk is constant.
Posted 1:00 pm on May 11th, 2008Where can i get a hold of the original hi resolution images?
Posted 4:39 pm on May 11th, 2008I want to make some prints for the wall. Contact me plz!