Does that look evil or what?
WHOA!!
Mega Vulcanicity: When Volcanoes Spew Lightning
Several days ago, a volcano that had been dormant for 9,000 years near the coast of Chile erupted spectacularly, hurling liquified metals and lightning many miles into the sky. The results, which you see here, are called a “dirty thunderstorm,” and are quite rare. Nobody is certain what causes them, but according to National Geographic it’s believed to be “the result of rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collid[ing] to produce static charges—just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms.”
May 8th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
I had never heard of a dirty thunderstorm before. This photo is spectacular but I suspect it is also hellish.
May 10th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Amazing picture. Thanks for sharing it. I’ve seen lots of images of this eruption, but not that one.
Dirty thunderstorm indeed.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Whoa, dude! That is AWESOME. Isn’t nature cool?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:14 am
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