Some great volcano pics

Saw these posted somewhere, thought you all might be interested.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...llajokull.html

http://inapcache.boston.com/universa...5_23048757.jpg

A set of beautiful photographs. Thanks.:)

Gotta agree.. they most certainly are beautiful. Thanks.

Mesmerizing! So many earthquakes and now this.

Fantastic pictures

Yes fantastic but this volcano paralyzed the whole planet, definitely it's bigger than us humans.

1. How do you pronounce the name of that volcano. I've been wondering that for days now.

2. Why is there so much lightning inside the ash plume just over the opening?

I was never very good at physics, but I think it is because very hot particles are bumping into cold air particles at a high speed, thus causing friction and creating a charge?

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Originally Posted by Skiz

1. How do you pronounce the name of that volcano. I've been wondering that for days now.

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Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl̥])

err, thanks wikipedia. :ermm:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%C3%B6kull.ogg - You'll need to listen to that about 50 times to still not be able to say it. :blink:

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Originally Posted by tesco

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%C3%B6kull.ogg - You'll need to listen to that about 50 times to still not be able to say it. :blink:

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:glag: