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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2015, 08:33 PM Apr 2015

Amazing images of Chilean Volcano

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http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/the-eruption-of-chiles-calbuco-volcano/391305/

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Amazing images of Chilean Volcano (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2015 OP

Wow! procon Apr 2015 #1

I think the ashfall is going to impact that place in a big way. n/t 2naSalit Apr 2015 #4

I would be so far gone from there. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #2

Holy shit shenmue Apr 2015 #3

The lightning secondvariety Apr 2015 #5

oooo.. those pictures do win the prize delrem Apr 2015 #6

WATCH: Chile's huge volcanic eruption makes lightning, can be seen from space Judi Lynn Apr 2015 #7

hope the folk there are safe allan01 Apr 2015 #8

Looks like Monsters ... nikto Apr 2015 #9

Surreal! nt valerief Apr 2015 #10

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. Wow!

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 08:40 PM

Apr 2015

That looks scarily awesome. Whatever city that is, I hope those people aren't in danger.

2naSalit

(86,649 posts)

4. I think the ashfall is going to impact that place in a big way. n/t

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:49 PM

Apr 2015

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. I would be so far gone from there.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:42 PM

Apr 2015

Awesome to the max, but quite frightful too.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

3. Holy shit

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Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:37 PM

Apr 2015

secondvariety

(1,245 posts)

5. The lightning

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Fri Apr 24, 2015, 04:39 PM

Apr 2015

looks wicked.

delrem

(9,688 posts)

6. oooo.. those pictures do win the prize

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Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:37 AM

Apr 2015

what an awe inspiring thing.

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)

7. WATCH: Chile's huge volcanic eruption makes lightning, can be seen from space

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Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:06 PM

Apr 2015

WATCH: Chile's huge volcanic eruption makes lightning, can be seen from space

Devastatingly beautiful.

FIONA MACDONALD
25 APR 2015

What causes volcanic lightning? As Bec Crew wrote for ScienceAlert last month, this eerily beautiful phenomenon is triggered when giant ash clouds spew out of a volcano's mouth: "As the individual ash particles make contact and rub against each other, they produce enough static electricity to convert into bursts of lightning."

This ash cloud has since caused flight cancellations as it blows across South America, and has produced a plume that can be seen from space. The below infrared image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite on 23 April.