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Related: About this forumAmazing images of Chilean Volcano
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Amazing images of Chilean Volcano (Original Post)
n2doc
Apr 2015
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That looks scarily awesome. Whatever city that is, I hope those people aren't in danger.
2naSalit
(86,748 posts)4. I think the ashfall is going to impact that place in a big way. n/t
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. I would be so far gone from there.
Awesome to the max, but quite frightful too.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. Holy shit
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)5. The lightning
looks wicked.
delrem
(9,688 posts)6. oooo.. those pictures do win the prize
what an awe inspiring thing.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)7. WATCH: Chile's huge volcanic eruption makes lightning, can be seen from space
WATCH: Chile's huge volcanic eruption makes lightning, can be seen from space
Devastatingly beautiful.
FIONA MACDONALD
25 APR 2015
What causes volcanic lightning? As Bec Crew wrote for ScienceAlert last month, this eerily beautiful phenomenon is triggered when giant ash clouds spew out of a volcano's mouth: "As the individual ash particles make contact and rub against each other, they produce enough static electricity to convert into bursts of lightning."
This ash cloud has since caused flight cancellations as it blows across South America, and has produced a plume that can be seen from space. The below infrared image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite on 23 April.
NASAs Terra satellite also snapped a natural-colour photo of the ash plume, below:
More:
http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-chile-s-huge-volcanic-eruption-makes-lightning-can-be-seen-from-space
allan01
(1,950 posts)8. hope the folk there are safe
nikto
(3,284 posts)9. Looks like Monsters ...
Monsters From The ID...
valerief
(53,235 posts)10. Surreal! nt