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Old 05-16-2011, 05:36 AM   #1
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May 16, 2011: Floodgate of Hell





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In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa.
I admit it. I'm a hopeless volcano addict.
Lotta nice shots on the link.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...rney_to_t.html
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Old 05-16-2011, 07:01 AM   #2
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Beautiful! Awesome.
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Old 05-16-2011, 07:22 AM   #3
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Volcanos remind me of zits.
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Old 05-16-2011, 07:36 AM   #4
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Imagine if you could harness that energy? There's so MUCH of it down there.
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Old 05-16-2011, 09:39 AM   #5
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Old 05-16-2011, 09:49 AM   #6
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Old 05-16-2011, 11:16 AM   #7
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Wow.
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Old 05-16-2011, 12:03 PM   #8
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Picture 20...

I had an image in my head of it being, ooh 8 feet or so across until image 20...

ZOMFG!
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Old 05-16-2011, 12:55 PM   #9
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Wow!

The lava outside the rim is twisted into weird black shapes that look very like the Bog Bodies retrieved from peat bogs. Or tortured souls climbing out of hell, if you'd rather.
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Old 05-16-2011, 01:31 PM   #10
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Picture 20...

I had an image in my head of it being, ooh 8 feet or so across until image 20...

ZOMFG!
I struggled with scale too until I saw that image. "Lake"... yep.
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Old 05-16-2011, 01:40 PM   #11
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Old 05-16-2011, 02:16 PM   #12
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These guys are crazy. They pretend they are taking all sorts of precautions and being careful, but one burp and they are all dead.
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Old 05-16-2011, 05:21 PM   #13
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... but one burp and they are all dead.
Not unlike Thanksgiving with my family.
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Old 05-16-2011, 06:42 PM   #14
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Yeah jim. ..great choice!

Glatt, would that be a burp, beltch or a fart?
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Old 05-16-2011, 11:26 PM   #15
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Print a bunch of copies of that first picture, and cut then to fit the bottom of potholes. Scare the crap out of people.
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