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Cameras Catch Lightning in a Bottle Chilean Volcano
- Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:15am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The Puyehue volcano in southern Chile erupted Saturday for the first time in 50 years, sending a huge plume of smoke and ash into the sky. And while many photographers will likely capture the flowing lava from the volcanic mountain, the better pictures may be of the ominous ash cloud. Or better stated, the electric, explosion-like lightning dancing across it.
The Associated Press has some pictures:
And Russia Today has the video:
The Daily Mail has more photos.
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Comments (79)
thegodfather
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:30pmThe Earth FARTS more carbon and pollution in a few seconds than Al Gore could pay for with his cap and tax scam in 5 million years.
Arrogant libs…think they can control the Earth
Report Post »better red than dead
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 5:48pmThis is significantly less CO2 being released than is released by humankind.
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:23pmWhy aren’t the environmentalists rushing to southern Chile to save the planet?? Fabulous pictures Blaze. I can’t keep up with all your great stories.
Report Post »RCN598
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:39pm@ SINISTA MACE
You can’t possibly be serious? That is the biggest load of dribble I’ve ever seen…… You clearly don’t understand the most basic engineering concepts, especially conservation of energy.
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:22pmMore people have poo pooed the advancers of science, than they have the orthodoxy. Not sayin’ Mace is right, just that he might be right. Orthodoxy by definition is behind the curve on leading edge thought. No one believes in big foot or UFO’s until they see one. well most people-lol. I myself have lived long enough to see things inexplicable to orthodoxy, so what am I left with?
Report Post »RCN598
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:47pmYou went pretty deep on me there man, but that’s Ok :) I will tell you this, of all the things you may or may not be left with, it WON’T be a perpetual energy machine !!
And yes, the pictures are pretty cool too.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:06amCan you understand this engineering concept of magnetic gearing?
Do you understand the engineering concept of the gyroscopic entities called virtual photons which facilitate the magnetic field? Through which the MECHANICAL kinetic gearing of said virtual photons create what you call magnetism?
Or are you just capable of critcizing without anything to back it up but bluster and insults?
Report Post »RCN598
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:16pmWhatever. Not worth debating.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:33pmThat’s right. Be silent.
Report Post »RCN598
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 9:30pmYep, I can be silent since your 3 feet of incoherent posts within 10 minutes were ignored. We are fortunate that no one acknowledged your BS. I won’t stand for that. Done.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:53pmI wonder how many carbon offset the volcano had to buy before the government would sign off on its eruption permit.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:59amWhat an AWESOME GOD we serve!
Talk about getting our attention. WOW!
YOU go, GOD!!!
Report Post »JGraham III
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:58amHaving lived through the eruption of Mt St Helens, this video is an awesome reminder of what I saw 31 years ago. That cloud rose to 60,000 feet and had the same ‘fireworks’ in it as this one. It is indeed a reminder of the might of the natural forces that govern the Earth. To presume that ‘global warming’ due to man‘s activities can change the climate is laughable compared to a few minute’s worth of eruption that in the case of St Helens, dumped nearly 1300 feet of mountain top into the air and ecosystem. There was no real summer that year, and I suspect this spring and summer’s weather has been greatly affected by the volcanic eruption in Iceland last year as well as the currently active three volcanoes this year. The Chicken Little School of Physics needs to get back to the basics and again check what the Earth does with little regard to Man and his piddly efforts.
Report Post »NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:24pmYou too? I remember that cloud well! It was really cool until the cloud passed over Yakima, it became as dark as midnight and began raining ash the size of beach sand to the depth of two inches!
Report Post »Oh yes, man is so powerful. NOT
Cold War Vet
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:59amI was 40 miles away from Mt. St. Helens when it erupted on May 18, 1980. We could see the massive column of ash from our front yard. It shocked all of us. Later, we got a nice dusting of that fine, gray abrasive, troubling volcanic ash.
I agree. The Earth will continue to be the boss, no matter what we little human specks do or not do. The Earth is much larger, more powerful and will always prevail over anything we can imagine.
Report Post »Modern climate change science is stupid and pointless.
Drum Man
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:53amBeautiful! From a distance…
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:51amGlobal warming occures naturally every 30K years. The core of the earth spewing forth is the beginning of the beginning.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:08amNuh uh! Algore told me I caused it by driving to the store instead of walking. Algore wouldn’t lie to me! would he? would he?
Seriously, the planet has been warming since the last ice age, you can tell because we aren’t in one anymore and Algore and the global warming alarmists are morons.
Report Post »Hereigns7
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:46amLooks like hell…although I have not seen it and never will unless I am standing in heaven. Great photos! Posted by Rev. Daniel W. Blair, author of Final Warning
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:39amWe sure have a lot of volcanoes spouting off lately. Iceland equals 2 separate ones in just 18 months, Mexico, Chile. The plates must be shifting to get so much activity. Keep and eye on the politicians. When they do not appear where they should be, then you really should worry. Could Yellow Stone be next?
Report Post »SpeaknUp
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:07pmThe econmaniacs are huddled in their basements right now trying to figure out a way to blame tectonic plate shifting on human activity…. you just wait.
Report Post »Rick54
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:34pmincrease heat from the Sun microwaving the center of the earth. 2012
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:26amWho’s paing the Cap and Trade fees on this monster?????
Report Post »NevaDan
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:21amDid they get an environmental impact statement before they allowed this volcano? Al Gore?
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:06amYeah big deal…. When you‘ve seen one volcanic ball lightening storm you’ve seen em all…
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:12pmHah! Sounds like me. First hurricane I was in we were in Philly loading 3 semitrailers for the Museum of Natural History. We were from out of town, so when the rain came in we kept working, we had a deadline to meet. Then they started to evacuate the city, but no one told us!. First thing we know about it was when the curator stopped by and “Well. I’m leaving. You boys be careful” ?!? he explained about the evacuation then. We were close to finishing so we stayed. Someone had to climb on top of the trailers to spread some plastic to keep the blowing rain from ruining the exhibit. Guess who got that job? Long story short , we got the stuff loaded and delivered to Pittsburgh the next morning. My boss asked me later what I thought of the hurricane. “Just a little rain” I told him.
Report Post »Heaviest rain I ever saw was in KY though. Rained so hard it backed up 4 feet behind a chain link fence!
Joshua7
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:05amWow! Just wow!
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:05amSo much for man’s puny efforts to control green house gases.
Report Post »sweet_sue
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:02amAwsome!
Report Post »quickstudy
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:58amKeep yer eye on Yellowstone.
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:08amKeep your eye on HAARP…
Report Post »brntout
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:57amThere be moisture in them there clouds.Mother nature is awesome and the displays thereof prove that no matter what,puny humans are but a not influence to the continuing cycle of earth’s growth.
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:43amWow, pretty spectacular.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:34amOh the humanity, all that green house gas, now the liberals will be forced to murder millions more to offset all that gas. ;-/
Report Post »starman70
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:31amOMG!!!! Call Al Gore, get the EPA, alert all the California environmental nuts, SUE MOTHER NATURE!!! Something MUST be done!!! This volcano is emitting carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, sulphur dioxide and a cloud of ash which is causing massive air pollution in the region not to mention large flows of lava which is destroying vast areas of vegitation. Bring suit in Federal Court to prevent volcanic eruptions. Mother Nature must be convicted of violating all the pollution laws on the books. We cannot allow this to continue!!!!
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:30amThat was Obama head erupting when the job numbers came out last week.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:34amAt first sight of the photos I thought it was my grandpa’s coffee being brewed and it got out of control once again.
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:23amNature is simply splendid and spectacular – in this case, from a distance!
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:21amGreatGuggaMugga.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:33amThat says it all…I need to remember this expression you use. Will drive some people crazy with it when they try to figure it out.
Report Post »MASTER YODA
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:47amBeen going off since the creating of the earth, volcanos have. Of one volcano puts out more co2 than all of mankind‘s history just one day’s belching. The chicken little eco nuts who follow gore’s “Falling, the sky is” So blind, hoax are, they can see the truth not.
Report Post »better red than dead
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:14pm@MASTERYODA
Human activity releases an average of 100 times the CO2 of volcanoes every year.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:53pm@BETTER RED THAN DEAD
So….
Why do you hate Plants? Plants love UV light and love CO2, Oxygen is a Poison you planet killer
Report Post »JollyTrooper
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:29pm@better red than dead
I can spout off ridiculous non facts as well: Communism is the cause of global warming and produces an illiterate and uneducated society.
See how absolutely stupid that is? (at least the first part)
Back up your quackery with at least one bit of hard science. Just one single bit of science.
Report Post »better red than dead
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:23am@JOLLYTROOPER
For science!
“Volcanoes emit CO2 both on land and underwater. Underwater volcanoes emit between 66 to 97 million tonnes of CO2 per year. However, this is balanced by the carbon sink provided by newly formed ocean floor lava. Consequently, underwater volcanoes have little effect on atmospheric CO2 levels. The greater contribution comes from subaerial volcanoes (subaerial means “under the air”, refering to land volcanoes). Subaerial volcanoes are estimated to emit 242 million tonnes of CO2 per year (Morner 2002).
In contrast, humans are currently emiting around 29 billion tonnes of CO2 per year (EIA). Human CO2 emissions are over 100 times greater than volcanic CO2 emissions. This is apparent when comparing atmospheric CO2 levels to volcanic activity since 1960. Even strong volcanic eruptions such as Pinatubo, El Chicon and Agung had little discernable impact on CO2 levels. In fact, the rate of change of CO2 levels actually drops slightly after a volcanic eruption, possibly due to the cooling effect of aerosols.”
http://www.skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming-intermediate.htm
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:24amMore CO2 = More Plants + Bigger plants = O2 filtration on a world wide massive scale (Carbon exchange) = happy humans!!!
Beat that math you moron! Go fart and save the planet!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:17amIncredible beauty amid sheerest of natural violence.
@Grandmaof5:
Morning, hope all is well today. Come by my gallery and check out IN THE GARDEN 03 today if you have the time. Would love to have your oppinion of her, just click the screen name of mine to go to it in the gallery.
Report Post »5410amh
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:26amThat’s really cool.
Report Post »oldasdirt
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:27amAwsome!Just awsome.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:40amAny my TRUCK is causing the polar ice caps to melt?
Just how many COMPLETE MORONS are there in the world?
The earth is a ‘closed system’ – excluding any nuclear explosions, there is exactly as much carbon in/on planet earth as there was 10,000,000,000 yrs ago. A single Carbon atom might have been in the ground, in a plant, in my body, in my truck, or in a dinosaur, or in all of the above.
If the ManBearPigs really believed their own BS, they would be walking, not flying around in private jets…
Report Post »Yes, I’m talking to YOU, AlGore!
motes_art
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:47am@Tomferrari, the Earth is not even half that old. It formed roughly 4 billion years ago. But, point well taken.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:34amWith all the volcanos erupting this year, I wonder if we are in for a cooler winter.
Report Post »Probably metal in the ashes creating a closed circuit for th ions in the air. Someone should create/invent a way to capture that power. I believe I read on here, this past summer, that someone had created a way to capture power from ions in the atmosphere.
mtnclimberjim
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:43amThe cause of global warming to the extent that it happens.
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:00amHOLY COW! thanks blaze for the awesome photos!
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right-wing-waco
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:22amMaybe we could get algore to hold a lightning collector and……..
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:48amAnonymous T
It’s simple, really.
You tap the electric energy from the ionized gas the same way as tapping a capacitor, by creating a conduction to ground.
Listen very carefully.
To create limitless power, you create a very large solenoid (or preferably, a Rodin Coil) composed of a few tons of copper (a large amount of atoms/mass). You place a small electrical current into the coil, and a extremely large magnetic field will develop around the coil. As the current is turned off, the magnetic field collapses back into the atoms of the coil, it creates a reverse magnetic induction current that is greater than the electrical current put into the coil and it has opposite polarity. You then use a bridge rectifier to reverse the polarity of the “BACK EMF” (or flyback), and send the extremely high voltage back into the coil again, multiplying the power exponentially in perpetuum.
For example, a small solenoid produces a small magnetic field when a electrical current is applied, but that same electrical current (energy input) produces a LARGE magnetic field in a larger solenoid.
The larger the solenoid, the more excess energy (back EMF) it produces.
Why haven’t I built it? Because copper is expensive and a few tons is way beyond my budget.
Why haven’t energy companies did it? Because they get to rape you for using up electrons instead of everyone having free power from positrons (true current).
Report Post »better red than dead
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:54amAverage CO2 released by volcanoes per year: ~300,000,000 tons
Average CO2 released by human activity per year: ~30,000,000,000 tons
Conclusion: Humans activity releases around 100 times as much CO2 emissions as volcanic activity on a yearly basis.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:07pmPositive electrical current represent Yin Chi Energy, whereas electron current represents Yang Chi Energy. They both vortex through each other.
The negative electrode of your body is your perineum (Root Chakra/Ground), and the positive electrode is your navel (Navel Chakra/Positive Electrode).
When you learn to discern between Yin Chi flow and Yang Chi flow, and pool them in their respective Chakras (electrical potential separation), then bring them together in your Navel Chakra(positive electrode) you can conduct electric current at will from your body.
We are organic robots that generate electrical current from chemical energy by consumption of organic matter.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:17pmLet me help those who can’t understand what I said, because it can seem complex.
Let’s use the example of the internal combustion engine.
It operates by igniting a gas/air mixture which causes it to expand, which drives a piston,which turns a crankshaft, wheels,etc.
We should instead use a magnetic slug in the place of a piston, and cause it to be driven by the expansion and subsequent collapse of the magnetic field in a solenoid or Rodin Coil using as little current as possible, instead of igniting fossil fuel and causing it to expand which drives a piston.
The magnetic field collapse is more efficient than combustion because of the dynamics of the facilitating particles. The magnetic field is facilitated by “virtual” PHOTONS, whereas the dynamics of combustion are facilitated by larger gas molecules.
The small amount of current needed for the initial electrical input can be facilitated by a very small internal combution. Drive the engine with magnetic field collapse, and start it with a small internal combustion. Basically switch the internal combustion part of the engine with the electrical part of the engine.
Report Post »Equal Opportunity Offender No.2
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:26pmthat is just incrediable!!!
Report Post »i could not even of invisoned how to make it look in photoshop…
nature vs photoshop….. nature wins!!
SeasonOfReason
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:39pmPerpetual motion machine? Not possible.
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:00am@anonymous t. relavant
Yes there is an invention nearly 100 years by Nicola Tesla that allows you to capture the electricity from this atmosphere. There are sites that sell the plans or you can get the plans from a listing on ebay at this link for under $10.00:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280674798051&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT
The technology is real and it really works I have even built one that powers my mobile devices on trips and when camping, its pretty cool!
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:22amAs far as the real numbers from volcanos… The volcano eruption in iceland/greenland reagion last year was reported to release more CO2 and Sulfer Dioxide in the first week of its eruption than all of the emissions from the entire human industrial revolution to current times, and it is still erupting today!!. Add that to the dozen or so massive eruptions happening all over the world over the last year, and you think that changing a freaking lightbulb in my kitchen is going to make a dent in the atmospheric conditions??? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
These tree hugging Hypocrites!! Stick that in your Pipe and smoke it!!! You Bunch of FRAUDS!!!
Report Post »better red than dead
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:20am@AMERICANPATRIOT01
Not true. In fact, the Iceland volcanic eruption of last year caused a net LOSS in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, as the planes that were grounded during the eruption would have released more CO2 than the volcano itself did.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/apr/19/eyjafjallajokull-volcano-climate-carbon-emissions
Report Post »http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/apr/21/iceland-volcano-climate-sceptics