Awake After 9000 Years
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Incredible images recently of Volcano Chaitén in Chile. This volcano is awake after 9000 years of dormancy, erupting with a fierceness this past week that has sent a plume of volcanic ash 12 miles into the atmosphere and stretching from Chile to the Atlantic ocean. The photo above is of the intense lightning that has erupted in and around the enormous plume, the result of static electricity released in incredible intensity by the density of the ash and the multitude of particles hitting each other and becoming charged. Between the earthquake in China, the cyclone in Myanmar, and the volcano in Chile it is hard to not remember how very much active our planet really is.
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