Wired Science (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The Chilean portal, Terra.cl, has an absolutely incredible gallery of UPI photographs of the volcano Chaitén's enormous ash plume intersecting with a thunderstorm. Chaitén's unexpected eruption began late last week. Now, more than 4,000 people have been displaced by the...
BLDGBLOG (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
[Images: Airborne electricity grabs hold of a volcanic plume – in this case, Chile's Chaiten volcano , which began erupting last week "for the first time in some 9,000 years ." Photos by Carlos Gutierrez for UPI ]. Apologies again for the slow, slow week here – though I hope you've enjoyed fishing in Manhattan . The good news is that I've only got 48 hours to go on the book manuscript, which means...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
A picture of a Chilean volcanic eruption at night: More here.
kottke (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Truly awesome photos of the plume from Chile's recently reactivated Chaitén volcano merging with a lightning-infested thunderstorm . ( link )
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Via Andrew Sullivan, pictures from an volcanic eruption in Chile. More here.
EDSBS (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Inadvertent or not, the winnowing down of D-1 football to a Premiere League begins with the APR. Columnage hyah at the SN. Oh, and in unrelated news, Chile knows how to throw a death-party: Either that's a volcano and thunderstorm going off simultaneously, or we’ve just found exclusive pictures of Nick Saban's new office. More [...]
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
From Wired Science : The Chilean portal, Terra.cl, has an absolutely incredible gallery of UPI photographs of the volcano Chaitén's enormous ash plume intersecting with a thunderstorm. Chaitén's unexpected eruption began late last week. Now, more than 4,000 people have been displaced by the volcano's first activity in 450 years. There's 34 more pictures just like this one waiting for you at: Tormenta...
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
In the course of scanning the news to populate our news section to the right there, I occasionally come across items that are unrelated to our focus on politics and muck but are so cool they're worth sharing. So indulge...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
As the space shuttle lifts off, someone is prepared to destroy it. NASA has a “Flight Termination” plan in case the craft poses a danger to a populated area. * Make your own ethanol at home? It's possible with a new still that resembles a washing machine, but it may not yet be profitable. * Enjoy the beauty of Planet Earth . Three minutes that will restore (or reinforce) your appreciation of the natural...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Fotos Tormenta Click through to see them....
Penmachine.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Via Kottke , here is a gallery of UPI photos of a thunderstorm meeting the volcanic plume from the Chaitén volcano in Chile this week. Check out picture #11: Whoa, as Keanu would say. I never knew the Spanish term for thunderstorm before, but it's pretty nifty: tormenta eléctrica .
FreakyTrigger (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
chaiten with lightning: i can't get the pictures to embed, i guess they want you to click through — it's well worth it (cf esp 12/35)
Cian's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
If you've ever wanted to see a volcanic eruption at night accompanied by lightning, then today's your lucky day. Highly recommended gallery. Via Andrew Sullivan.
A Networked World (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Hat tip to David I for the link to these pics: Fotos Tormenta eléctrica en erupción del volcán Chaitén. Astonishing. I glad I'm an ocean away although if this thing goes with a big enough quake I could wind up...
Moon of Alabama (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Electric storm around the smoke column of the erupting volcano Chaitén in Chile More pics - Reuters report
Sore Eyes (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
This gallery of photos of the Chaitén volcano in Chile is astonishing. It's the sort of weather you want to observe from a safe distance, preferably accompanied by a soundtrack of Metallica or Led Zeppelin. [Via MetaFilter]
