Comments on: Volcanoes!

By: WB

WB — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:32:06 +0000

So, all of you people who just LOVE volcanoes… I hope you don’t believe in the whole global warming phenomenon. If you are one of these chicken littles, you should know that volcano eruptions are about 1 million times more devastating to the air than every car combined on this planet. BTW, I like volcanoes.

By: Some farker

Some farker — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:41:54 +0000

Bad Astronomer gets Farked again.

By: The Ring… OF FIRE! « Pat’s Daily Grind

The Ring… OF FIRE! « Pat’s Daily Grind — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:45:39 +0000

[...] The Ring… OF FIRE! Very cool (found via the Bad Astronomer). [...]

By: OnSolThree

OnSolThree — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:05:48 +0000

“For some brilliant reason”

You are awesome, Phil!

By: CanadianLeigh

CanadianLeigh — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:25:48 +0000

@Michael L.
I watch Mount Baker every clear day that I drive home from work. There have been times when steam has erupted from the peak. A disaster could happen even if it does not erucpt. All it has to do is burp really hot and melt that glacier. THe area below is so heavily built up the losses would be incredible. And funny thing but flood water and mud will not respect international boundries.
It is still a very beutiful site when the setting sun lights it up on a freshly cleared sky.

By: The Windkey and the Lamplighter :: Jupiter has me completely speechless

The Windkey and the Lamplighter :: Jupiter has me completely speechless — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:14:58 +0000

[...] Globe’s Big Picture feature is neat. (Thanks to my favorite Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, for the link to the volcano pictures, which got the RSS feed into my [...]

By: Eighthman

Eighthman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:29:58 +0000

There’s a whole bunch of photos from the solar eclipse later on in the blog.

By: Will. M

Will. M — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:23:31 +0000

Ah yes, dormant. Beware of sleeping dogs. Along the Cascades from Washington State right through to southern California lie many volcanic sleeping dogs, Mts. Shasta and Lassen among them. And we sure like to settle at the base of these things. The Mammoth Lakes area way down toward the end of the chain is showing alarming signs of activity, and yet folks are moving to the area as if nothing’s gonna happen…

The LHC is surely the largest and most complex piece of equipment ever devised. I cannot imagine how complicated it must be, how much planning went into building it, what the builders had to do to insure that it all got put together accurately – all without a chance to build a prototype or test anything. It certainly boggles my simple mind. Kind of makes me wonder about some of the folks in our own country who distrust/reject science. I wonder if Neanderthals looked at homo sapiens sapiens the same way?

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:29:10 +0000

These pictures require appropriate background music.

By: earthandbeyond

earthandbeyond — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:28:36 +0000

Incredible pictures! I love volcanoes. I live in Japan, and have climbed Mt Fuji. They’re just very impressive and show just how active our world is. I found a great video on youtube about volcanoes that I put on my own blog at http://earthandbeyond.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/interesting-volcano-video/
The creator of that video likes to climb volcanoes.

By: hambr

hambr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:58:41 +0000

I don’t know how BA feels about posting links on this blog but I couldn’t pass this up. Lost in space? If they choose, aliens can now help you get home. I thought this was pretty funny.
http://www.earthbounddog.com/

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[links] Link salad for a travel day | jlake.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:20:27 +0000

[...] Bad Astronomy with an awesome volcano photo [...]

By: Don Snow

Don Snow — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:08:38 +0000

Thanks for the impressive photo!

I’m glad we have none of those in Texas; although, I guess that could change, too.

By: Sander

Sander — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:40:46 +0000

Wow, that feed is now an instant favorite of mine, thanks for the link!

By: Michael L

Michael L — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:51:24 +0000

@kuhnigget,
We actually heard the explosion of Mt. St. Helens all the way up here, some 200 miles away. It was like a low rumbling thunderclap.

Mt. Baker is the one I’m more worried about, as that is very close to Vancouver. You can see Baker crossing the Lion’s Gate Bridge into Vancouver on a clear day.

I think it’s just a matter of time. I think the last time there was a major eruption near Squamish was about 5-10,000 years ago. However we are due for a major earthquake! (Actually overdue)

By: kuhnigget

kuhnigget — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:47:06 +0000

@Michael L

I grew up in Yakima, Washington. In 1980 Mt. Helens dropped half an inch of ash on us and turned a bright spring morning into pitch black night, despite the 80 miles distance between us. You’d better hope those babies are dormant. If/when Rainier goes, so goes half the Pacific Northwest!

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:47:40 +0000

Did show the volcano where two of my recent posts went, ’cause I can’t find them here.

(QD looks around suspiciously and backs slowly away, reaching for his blaster)

By: madge

madge — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:21:38 +0000

Great pics. Site added to my stuff. Talking of LHC this virtual tour is pretty cool

http://petermccready.com/

By: IBY

IBY — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:18:42 +0000

That is very cool.

By: Joseph J. Finn

Joseph J. Finn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:44:48 +0000

Lordy, how I love Big Picture Views of Jupiter Man on the Moon: Future and Past And my favorite Michael Phelps picture from the US Olympic Trials.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:18:31 +0000

Last year I had the opertunity to see Kilauea, which had been erupting for some time. Unfortunatly the week befor i arived in Hawaii a series of small earthquakes had shut the volcano down. Two weeks after i left, yep, it started right back up again

These pics are great!

By: pcarini

pcarini — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:51:11 +0000

Ack, seems that I can’t close a blockquote properly…

By: pcarini

pcarini — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:50:35 +0000

Trebuchet said:

…it seems like you might have mentioned that this image, and several more, were taken from the ISS.

From the picture’s caption:

The crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Endeavour used a 35mm still camera to record this image of Mt. Etna Volcano erupting on the island of Sicily on December 14th, 2002.

Some of the others in that set were taken from the ISS, though.

By: Mena

Mena — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:44:08 +0000

Speaking of the LHC, this has a good beat and you can dance to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

By: arby

arby — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:38:07 +0000

Thanks for the link. Added to reader. rb