Amazing Chilean Volcano pic...

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Hello all...
Amazingly dramatic pic of the smoke plume from the Chilean volcano wrapped in lightning.
http://www.universetoday.com/wp-cont...pi_800x531.jpg

Doug

[Jazza (Jay)]

*desktop background* that is an awesome pic!

[iceman (Mike)]

omg is that for real?
that's superb!

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Originally Posted by iceman

omg is that for real?
that's superb!

Amazing isn't it?
Saw it on the Australian web page - just a small pic, found a higher res version today.
Got to be one of the most dramatic natural world pictures I've seen in a long time.
Imagine being in the thick of it though!!!!

[iceman (Mike)]

The photographer must have been jumping up and down with joy!

I just sent it around work, amazing pic!

[MrB (Simon)]

Thats awesome. I wonder how long the exposure was?

[Ric]

An awesome picture for sure Doug. You could almost say that the thing is alive.

Volcanic eruptions sure play havoc with the local weather patterns.

Cheers

[gman (Grant)]

Absolutley a once in a lifetime shot

[rider]

I have read that the dust from this eruption will be seen over Australia.

I wonder what it will do to viewing..

I wasn't into astronomy during the last big eruption (Indonesian volcano in the early 1990 I think), but I was flying between Melb. And Sydney each week and remember the blood red sunsets in the upper atmosphere for months.

does anybody remember if there was an decrease in sky quality?

Rider

[renormalised (Carl)]

Good shot, that is one impressive eruption.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

[Ian Robinson]

Amazing .... and I wouldn't want to be close to that ....

[danielsun]

Yes, I seen that pic in today's paper ,unbelievable shot

[iceman (Mike)]

Here's a few more pic plus the story:
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05...olcano-images/

[Analog6 (Odille)]

I saw that pic as an interactive link somewhere - I'll try to find it. Meanwhile here is a link to a story and oics from the UK Guardian newspaper.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...=1766&ito=1490

[luvmybourbon]

What an amazing picture it would make hanging on a wall! Would love it as a big jigsaw puzzle

[Jen]

Originally Posted by luvmybourbon

What an amazing picture it would make hanging on a wall! Would love it as a big jigsaw puzzle

oh yes yes i looove jigsaw puzzles too

[Matty P (Matt)]

WOW!

Absolutely amazing.

[smenkhare]

Here are some more photos of Chaitén

http://www.fotos.emol.com/index.asp?G_ID=5557

http://www.fotos.emol.com/index.asp?G_ID=5551#

I don't think it will be visible from here, can't even see it from Santiago.