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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    Quick note before I leave the office for today:

    As far as health and volcanoes go, Pawel, I'll direct you to the University of Durham and their International Volcanic Health Hazard Network: www.dur.ac.uk/claire.horwell/ivhhn/guid … of_ash.pdf

    In other words: if you stand in the way of volcano, you're likely to leave this world. More on this tomorrow. wink

    Christian
  2. I can't remember whether I've pointed people in the direction of this photo already, but if I have it's certainly worth showing it again:

    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090713.html

    Just love it!
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    A seriously awesome picture Alan...brilliant!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    I can't remember whether I've pointed people in the direction of this photo already, but if I have it's certainly worth showing it again:

    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090713.html

    Just love it!


    Wow, is that photo for real? Looks like something from LORD of the bloody RINGS!
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    I can't remember whether I've pointed people in the direction of this photo already, but if I have it's certainly worth showing it again:

    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090713.html

    Just love it!


    Brilliant!
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  6. Thor wrote
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    I can't remember whether I've pointed people in the direction of this photo already, but if I have it's certainly worth showing it again:

    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090713.html

    Just love it!


    Wow, is that photo for real? Looks like something from LORD of the bloody RINGS!


    It's actually test footage from the boys at WETA but Jackson commented that the volcano was too small and not menacing looking to they scrapped it. dizzy
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    Here's Sarychev Peak, a volcano in the Kuril Islands (NE-Russia).

    http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3340/sarychev.jpg

    It's pictures like this one that make me a very happy Kühni! biggrin
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    Nice pic, Christian, but how come your font is so big all the time?
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009
    Because I made it big! Would you rather have it blue? No, won't be doing that, don't wanna have Erik W. hollering at me again! kiss
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2009 edited
    Rather blue than big...it's like I'm looking at a Windows high-contrast theme for the visually impaired! dizzy
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2009
    ChrK wrote
    Because I made it big! Would you rather have it blue? No, won't be doing that, don't wanna have Erik W. hollering at me again! kiss


    RED PLEASE!!!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTintin
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2009
    ChrK wrote
    Here's Sarychev Peak, a volcano in the Kuril Islands (NE-Russia).

    http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3340/sarychev.jpg

    It's pictures like this one that make me a very happy Kühni! biggrin


    Great picture. Worthy of desktop for sure. thanks for sharing.
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      CommentAuthorDemonStar
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2009
    ChrK wrote
    Here's Sarychev Peak, a volcano in the Kuril Islands (NE-Russia).

    http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3340/sarychev.jpg

    It's pictures like this one that make me a very happy Kühni! biggrin


    Fascinating! beer
  14. Hey Christian, I know it's been a few days since we were all talking about those wonderful volcano films, but I had a question I didn't ask. How do you feel about cement barriers forming a lava-stopping wall?
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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2009 edited
    As portrayed in the film, it's a bunch of BS.

    It has been tried before (in some cases successfully), but just putting cement blocks in the lava's way won't do the trick. Viscous and slow-moving lava will simply continue to pond and thicken behind the barrier until it will topple and/or overflow the barrier. Fluid lava (a la Hawai'i) would either do that or take a different route around the barrier. Also...strengthening the barrier by driving with trucks against it? A lava flow has more power.

    If you're interested, may I point you to this Wikipedia article that deals with the 1973 Eldfell eruption off Iceland, where countermeasures were taken to save the town from destruction by lava flows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldfell

    Ta & tata,
    Christian
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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2009
    And another great eruption picture from 2009, this time a yet-unnamed submarine volcano in the Tonga Islands:

    http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_ … 348447.jpg

    shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked
  17. shocked

    Wow.
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  18. Yeah I wouldn't want to be near the thing when it says pop.

    Pretty awesome pic !
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2009
    Fuck me! shocked


    On second thoughts, are you sure that island isn't just privately owned by Michael Bay?

    In any case... cool
  20. lol

    Volcano: Revenge of the Pyroclastic Flow

    Written and Directed by Michael Bay

    The script features one sentence

    It's AWESOME!

    bunny
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2009
    ChrK wrote
    And another great eruption picture from 2009, this time a yet-unnamed submarine volcano in the Tonga Islands:

    http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_ … 348447.jpg

    shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked


    WOW! Just imagine being there and taking that shot!? Truly awesome!!!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2009
    ChrK wrote
    If you're interested, may I point you to this Wikipedia article that deals with the 1973 Eldfell eruption off Iceland, where countermeasures were taken to save the town from destruction by lava flows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldfell

    Oh yes, read about that one. That island (Heimaey) has had every possible way of destruction (vulcano, monks, Vikings, ...) and still survives. Have you been there Christian? Or Surtsey?
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2009
    Brilliant shots! Just don't Jabslonsky them biggrin
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2009
    Not a volcano, but pretty awesome: http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/gifs/awesome0.gif

    Peter cool
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2009
    WOW! Incredible filming shocked cool
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  26. WOW
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeAug 26th 2009
    I've visited Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii in Italy. A pretty awe-inspiring spectacle, and the thought that it's still one of the 10 most dangerous active volcanoes in the world and you're standing next to it can be bone-chilling too.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeAug 26th 2009
    Ah, Vesuvius is boring. wink
  29. Why? smile
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 26th 2009
    Yes, I'd like to know why too?

    but I did notice the --> wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt

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