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Eruption (Original Post) Major Nikon Sep 2012 OP
massive. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #1
When a mountain fwows up... Archae Sep 2012 #2
It punched a hole in the clouds? lunatica Sep 2012 #3
My guess is the heat probably keeps the clouds back Major Nikon Sep 2012 #4
My most recent one was about like that. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #5
whew! Joe Shlabotnik Oct 2012 #6

Major Nikon

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4. My guess is the heat probably keeps the clouds back
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:08 PM
Sep 2012

I know that even a medium sized forest fire will send heat and smoke at least a mile vertically. I can imagine that for a volcano it would be amplified tremendously. It wouldn't surprise me if clouds 2-3 miles up would be driven away, if not even higher.

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