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- jmdwinter, on 06/23/2009, -5/+228Have you ever wondered if there will be traces of humanity on earth in a billion years or so. Plate tectonics causes the earth's surface to continuously subduct into the athenosphere which would completely annihilate things like infrastructure remnants and fossils...
Oh, sorry. THAT'S A BITCHIN' 'SPLOSION YO!!! - johnnall, on 06/23/2009, -0/+183Link to high resolution copy. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecor ...
- elijahyossie, on 06/23/2009, -1/+87I find myself unable to worry about a billion years in the future.
- LtAction, on 06/23/2009, -3/+69That's awesome. It's like Earth is popping a zit into space.
Take that, space. - WatIsNotTaknYet, on 06/23/2009, -7/+64I like the part where it explodes.
- giloron, on 06/23/2009, -0/+52It is people like you that will cause the year 1,000,000,000 bug.
- vroom101, on 06/23/2009, -1/+432000 x 1332 pixels: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-200906- ... (medium)
3004 x 2000 pixels: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-200906- ... (large)
4275 x 2846 pixels: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-200906- ... (huge)
Via http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-200906.htm - 3rdDay, on 06/23/2009, -0/+38Absolutely stunning. Bigger resolution and this would be my desktop.
- Smokeydabear, on 06/23/2009, -2/+31A Michael Baycano?
- GeorgeStone2, on 06/23/2009, -1/+27Still be ***** on the moon we left.
- maotx, on 06/23/2009, -0/+26NASA's link, including larger pic and more detailed description.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/vi ...
Original HIGH RESOLUTION pic:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mis ... - Squeetard, on 06/23/2009, -0/+25You rock buddy!
- Sirocco, on 06/23/2009, -1/+25They didn't really need to worry about the weather. The eruption cleared away the cloud cover around it.
- evetsleep, on 06/23/2009, -1/+25that's what she said.
- mikeinto, on 06/23/2009, -3/+27I'm amazed that the crew of the international space station took the photo. They had to be in the right location, at the exact time of the eruption with clear weather while aboard a space station orbiting 220 miles above Earth. Simply fantastic.
- Icecold54, on 06/23/2009, -1/+24He's not your buddy, pal.
- elijahyossie, on 06/23/2009, -0/+20<hangs head in shame>
- pseudoluke, on 06/23/2009, -0/+19He's not your pal, friend.
- nigelsan, on 06/23/2009, -2/+21i think everyone failed to see the humor in jmdwinter's comment.
i, on the other hand, have supreme humor finding skills.
carry on. - mecharabbit, on 06/23/2009, -3/+19The cool thing is that the cloud cover above the volcano is pushed back to leave a circular void. Shock waves rock.
- tallguyg, on 06/23/2009, -1/+12He's not your friend, jackass!
- AtomicTheory, on 06/23/2009, -0/+10If we're cruisin' round space, why not just throw our trash into stars?
"Stars, they're nature's incinerators." - Hergerstone, on 06/23/2009, -0/+10ftp://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESC_large_ISS020_ISS020-E-9048.JPG
- maotx, on 06/23/2009, -0/+10More specifically, non-cropped, untouched original at 4288x2929
ftp://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESC_large_ISS020_ISS020-E-9048.JPG - tadsexington69, on 06/23/2009, -1/+10tell that to the pyramids in Egypt or the Colosseum
- Rivetgeek, on 06/24/2009, -0/+9@giloron
That why all my code references the date as 0000000000000000000000000000002009.00 in a 1024bit integer. Im good till the sun blows up. - wassamatta, on 06/23/2009, -1/+9looks like a nuke went off
- Agalychnis, on 06/23/2009, -1/+9Wow, amazing shot! So many crazy phenomena together in one picture!
Give that astronaut a beer. - Sangreal2007, on 06/23/2009, -0/+7You're thinking of Brian Boitano
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and he would kick an ass or two. that's what Brian Boitano'd do. - BrendanJB, on 06/24/2009, -0/+7Dugg for poignancy.
- EarlOfLade, on 06/23/2009, -1/+8And this is what the porn industry calls "The Moneyshot"!
- SkippyDoorknob, on 06/23/2009, -0/+7It was the only way to be sure.
- tekism, on 06/23/2009, -0/+7you would think they would have a bigger resolution picture only 4275 x 2846 thats lame
- inactive, on 06/23/2009, -1/+8What kind of idiot are you?
- Yarmin3, on 06/23/2009, -0/+7I would have loved to see it but an Internet Security Pro ad expanded over the picture with no minimization button, just a replay button. I hope the $0.01 you made off me was worth it MSNBC.
- TinyE500, on 06/23/2009, -0/+6Continental lithosphere is hardly ever subducted, erosion would probably be the force most responsible for removal of human evidence.
- storm8956, on 06/23/2009, -4/+10It's not a shock wave. It's water getting rapidly condensed as it is forced upward by the explosion. I'm familiar with this type of cloud; it's commonly called pileus. It is mostly associated with strong convection, so it's no surprise seeing it in this picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileus_%28meteorology ... - rhyss, on 06/23/2009, -0/+5PUNCH IT, BISHOP!!!!
- Trent1492, on 06/24/2009, -4/+9From the USGS site we find the following:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index.php
"Comparison of CO2 emissions from volcanoes vs. human activities.
Scientists have calculated that volcanoes emit between about 130-230 million tonnes (145-255 million tons) of CO2 into the atmosphere every year (Gerlach, 1999, 1991). This estimate includes both subaerial and submarine volcanoes, about in equal amounts. Emissions of CO2 by human activities, including fossil fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring, amount to about 27 billion tonnes per year (30 billion tons) [ ( Marland, et al., 2006) - The reference gives the amount of released carbon (C), rather than CO2, through 2003.]. Human activities release more than 130 times the amount of CO2 emitted by volcanoes--the equivalent of more than 8,000 additional volcanoes like Kilauea (Kilauea emits about 3.3 million tonnes/year)! (Gerlach et. al., 2002)."
So who is the one that is irrational here? - mavedatthews85, on 06/23/2009, -0/+5I like when digg comments are actually funny. Thanks for that.
- Shogi, on 06/24/2009, -0/+5A billion years in the future the Sun is going to swell into a red giant and roast the Earth.
- Livewired, on 06/23/2009, -7/+12I wonder how much CO2 was released into the atmosphere with that eruption. I think we should start taxing volcanoes. They're polluting our environment.
- MannaPC, on 06/23/2009, -2/+7WRA-YONG!
According to this, volcanoes emit what would be 1 percent of the total CO2 automobiles running on fossil fuels emit. It's in essence 200 million for volcanoes, 26.3 fossil fueled cars =|
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2007/07_02_15. ... - vilago, on 06/23/2009, -0/+5ok i shoulda read a little farther down before commenting. no?
- doctorgrim, on 06/23/2009, -1/+5I'm no expert but my intuition tells me that the moisture in the air evaporated and that there's probably no shock wave present.
- seldon452, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4Think of the children's children children child- ***** this.
- robbob, on 06/23/2009, -0/+4"Get it?"
--Belushi - tgc1, on 06/23/2009, -1/+5Are we sure that's a shockwave and not condensation from the hot gas exchanging with the cool air in the upper atmosphere? I don't think volcanos erupt with enough force to cause a supersonic wave (shockwave) in the upper atmosphere. Sure, maybe if it goes all Mount St. Helen but just a regular eruption? I call *****.
- inactive, on 06/23/2009, -2/+6tinypic.
- Squeetard, on 06/23/2009, -1/+5I'm looking for links to a high res shot too. If anyone finds one can they please post the link?
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