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nature.com — A remote South Atlantic island, trapped under polar ice, is blowing its top in spectacular fashion. It is the first time that researchers have had a chance to watch an Antarctic lava flow in action.

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 25, 2005

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  • gamabunta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The press release:

    http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/News_and_Information/Press_Releases/story.php?id=260

    Note: All you guys had to do was follow the external links on the story and type in the name of the island.
  • gamabunta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/News_and_Information/Press_Releases/press_pix/16_2005/Montague-Island_scale.jpg
  • trampish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why no ground teams taking uber high-res pictures? What happened to the adventure of science? All they seem to do anymore is sit in their labs, take low-res satellite pictures and post submissions to digg. No diggity until we get some real pictures.
  • amitrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1now thats what i call REAL GOBLET OF FIRE!!
  • elpayo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) were alerted to satellite data showing a large and fast flowing lava flow that is pouring into the sea like a huge waterfall."

    Cool. or to steal a line from Paris "That's hot."
  • danaucpe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I imagine this is doing more to melt polar ice caps then all the greenhouse gases in the last 50 years. But just wait, next summer we will be hearing all about how polar ice caps are at their lowest levels ever.
  • zerofocus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the photo was taken in sept. 05 whats it doing just getting published now?
  • ekai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah, i'd love to see more pix. anyone?
  • SubZ3r0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good digg atleast some people post real diggs other then starting a console flame wars / spam.

    +digg
  • matus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0makyo, thank you, I know all that.

    Still, it's just a nicely painted BW (most likely, I'm not sure) image, an "artistic impression" of some sort. Nothing to do with a real stuff going on out there.

    "False picture", according to ptknight, although it's probably nothing but slip of the tongue.
  • JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"I'd give my right arm to be down there now."
    John Smellie
    British Antarctic Survey
    ---
    Oh *****. Everyone knows he really said:
    "I'd give my right nut to be down there now."
  • gamabunta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0pics look awesome
  • SupaDawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0why am I all of a sudden tempted to take a picture of a match and an ice cube and submit is to digg?

    Stupid story title. Good arti.

    +digg
  • Bindibadgi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0no digg, poor picture, meh
  • ShosuroYuu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I was expecting more...like a vivid image or lava flowing on ice.
  • skyhighrockets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12525
  • SamHKLM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Interesting
  • mancat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0smoke on the water
    fire in the sky
  • matus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> pics look awesome

    What could be good about "false colour image"?
  • ptknight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I always wondered about false pictures and never bothered to search about it.
    Deep stuff, makyo!

    Thanks
  • Makyo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"False color images" are used all the time in satellite & astronomical research.

    The false colors are used to call attention to details that aren't easy to see or that can't be seen with the human eye (e.g. wavelengths of "light" that are in or beyond the infrared and ultra-violet ranges).

    And getting a satellite image is the first step towards being able to get funding to put a team on the ground at the site. And -- perhaps more importantly -- the image provides information about whether it's safe to put people on the ground.

  • BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0No video. =(
  • EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0What pics? Just a satellite photo.

    -e http://digg.mediahug.com/
  • chillypepper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0no diggidy? I say diggidy diggidy diggidy doo!
  • ForbesBingley, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"haha - that guys name is smellie."

    We once had a guest lecturer at college called Peter Wreaks...
  • amitrix, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0actually i aint a fan at all so ur statement is fallacious!
    but i did enjoy watching Harry Potter!
  • MichaelW2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0haha - that guys name is smellie.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0u r a sad harry potter fan grow up

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