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Old 06 May 2008, 08:56 PM
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Old 06 May 2008, 11:52 PM
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It is an amazing image, I've not got time to examine it properly yet... so I am reserving judgement!

RE the lightning...You get massive discharges in ash clouds, I would be highly sceptical if there were none!

ETA: it looks legit... it is credited to UPI

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Phenomenonononononly good photography!
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Old 07 May 2008, 02:04 AM
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Wow, that is unreal! And quite spooky as well. I think I would have been terrified to see that, without even thinking of the distruction that ash clouds create. There's something "other-worldy" about it.
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Old 07 May 2008, 02:05 PM
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That is incredible. And I agree that there is something other-worldly about it. A stunning picture, but I certainly wouldn't want to be close enough to that thing to take one.
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Old 07 May 2008, 03:02 PM
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Wow! That is so beautiful! I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.

I think I'll stick to looking at them through photos though.
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Old 07 May 2008, 03:16 PM
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It is an amazing image, I've not got time to examine it properly yet... so I am reserving judgement!

RE the lightning...You get massive discharges in ash clouds, I would be highly sceptical if there were none!

ETA: it looks legit... it is credited to UPI

Link here

Phenomenonononononly good photography!
Yup, lightning is pretty much present in all major volcanic eruptions. I can't see the photo on the site you linked Hans - but work is blocking a lot of stuff on there. Bah!!

ETA: the second picture in the slideshow is similar, with even more lightning.
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Old 07 May 2008, 03:55 PM
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I get a whole slew of teeny-tiny thumbnails (that do not want to enlarge). Is there another source?

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Old 08 May 2008, 06:34 AM
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I get a whole slew of teeny-tiny thumbnails (that do not want to enlarge). Is there another source?

Seaboe
Here's a link from the National Geographic website:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...olcano-photos/
The first photo is the same one i the OP.
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Old 08 May 2008, 12:38 PM
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I can't see the photo on the site you linked Hans - but work is blocking a lot of stuff on there. Bah!!
Don't you work at "Headquarters" ?

Ironic that they block you from seeing pictures of volcanoes!
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Old 12 May 2008, 08:52 AM
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Some more shots.

And the yet some more.
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:04 AM
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Don't you work at "Headquarters" ?

Ironic that they block you from seeing pictures of volcanoes!
It's jealousy that the USGS gets to do all the cool stuff and we're left with the dregs
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Old 13 May 2008, 03:28 PM
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Here's a link from the National Geographic website:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...olcano-photos/ The first photo is the same one i the OP.
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Cool. Thanks.

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That looks like a special effect for a movie. Totally awesome.
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I fear his noodley appendages.
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Old 10 August 2008, 11:30 AM
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Wow! That is so beautiful! I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.

I think I'll stick to looking at them through photos though.
I assume that they're long exposures and so capture more lightning than you'd actually see at any given moment if you were there...
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Old 10 August 2008, 02:42 PM
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Nature is so awesome.
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According to this page, it's a volcano in Chile.
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Old 28 August 2009, 08:29 PM
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A volcano makes much more sense with all that orange glowing. From the first picture alone, I would have guessed it was a tornado, but it looked very column-like rather than funnel-like. Plus, I don't know if they get tornadoes in Chile. And how are we supposed to know from a picture of smoke and lightning what country it happened in?
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