June 25, 2009: Matua Volcano - Page 2

Alluvial · 06-26-2009, 07:58 AM

If you can get your eyes just right, you can see the 3D-ness. It's like those Magic Eye things. I can only do it for a few seconds. Awesome looking though!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2009, 01:04 AM

More pictures from Boston dot com

Elspode · 06-27-2009, 10:42 AM

I always have a pair of 3D glasses at my computer. That is cool!

noreaster · 06-30-2009, 02:56 PM

The hole in the white cloud cover is probably the evaporation of the moisture droplets into the heated air column, which can hold more moisture, rising with the visible ash column.

The cap on the ash column is not "white steam" as steam is not visible. It may actually be a condensate cloud forming over the ash as it cools in the higher cold air above the cloud cover. The air over the column may be near the temperature of the air at the cloud cover level below, condensing out moisture from the ash and the surrounding air.

classicman · 06-30-2009, 09:07 PM

Steam is not visible?

jinx · 06-30-2009, 09:14 PM

We can see the steam clouds from Limerick from here...

capnhowdy · 06-30-2009, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noreaster

The hole in the white cloud cover is probably the evaporation of the moisture droplets into the heated air column, which can hold more moisture, rising with the visible ash column.

The cap on the ash column is not "white steam" as steam is not visible. It may actually be a condensate cloud forming over the ash as it cools in the higher cold air above the cloud cover. The air over the column may be near the temperature of the air at the cloud cover level below, condensing out moisture from the ash and the surrounding air.

I knew there was a simple explanation to this image.

ZenGum · 06-30-2009, 10:15 PM

Hello Noreaster and

to the cellar.

And Noreaster is right. Technically steam is indeed invisible - what you can see there is tiny condensed particles.

Elspode · 06-30-2009, 10:41 PM

Steam is not visible...when it cools below boiling, it leaves the vapor state and becomes visible as condensate in the air.

Really.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-30-2009, 11:39 PM

Yes, that's what's coming out of those cooling towers at Limerick, condensed water vapor, not steam.

ZenGum · 07-01-2009, 09:15 PM

At least, that's what they tell us it is!

Sundae · 07-01-2009, 09:39 PM

Hang on - Limerick, Eire?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-01-2009, 11:14 PM

No... Limerick, Pennsylvania, USA.

ZenGum · 07-02-2009, 06:43 AM

It's a clone, I tells ya, a mutant clone!!! Wake up, people!!!!!!!!!!

06-26-2009, 07:58 AM	#16
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	If you can get your eyes just right, you can see the 3D-ness. It's like those Magic Eye things. I can only do it for a few seconds. Awesome looking though! __________________ “My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.” - Louis Adamic

06-27-2009, 01:04 AM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	More pictures from Boston dot com __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-27-2009, 10:42 AM	#18
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I always have a pair of 3D glasses at my computer. That is cool! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-30-2009, 09:07 PM	#20
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Steam is not visible? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-30-2009, 09:14 PM	#21
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	We can see the steam clouds from Limerick from here... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-30-2009, 02:56 PM	#19
noreaster Kinda New Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	The hole in the white cloud cover is probably the evaporation of the moisture droplets into the heated air column, which can hold more moisture, rising with the visible ash column. The cap on the ash column is not "white steam" as steam is not visible. It may actually be a condensate cloud forming over the ash as it cools in the higher cold air above the cloud cover. The air over the column may be near the temperature of the air at the cloud cover level below, condensing out moisture from the ash and the surrounding air.

06-30-2009, 10:15 PM	#23
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Hello Noreaster and to the cellar. And Noreaster is right. Technically steam is indeed invisible - what you can see there is tiny condensed particles. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-30-2009, 10:41 PM	#24
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Steam is not visible...when it cools below boiling, it leaves the vapor state and becomes visible as condensate in the air. Really. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-30-2009, 11:39 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, that's what's coming out of those cooling towers at Limerick, condensed water vapor, not steam. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-01-2009, 09:15 PM	#26
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	At least, that's what they tell us it is! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-01-2009, 09:39 PM	#27
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Hang on - Limerick, Eire?

07-01-2009, 11:14 PM	#28
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No... Limerick, Pennsylvania, USA. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-02-2009, 06:43 AM	#29
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's a clone, I tells ya, a mutant clone!!! Wake up, people!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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