December 3, 2011 Nyamulagira Volcano

CaliforniaMama · 12-03-2011, 09:31 AM

It doesn't seem like it to me, but that lava eruption in the background is 65-stories-tall.

(Photograph by Cai Tjeenk Willink, Virunga National Park, via National Geographic)

With the ranger standing in front, it reminds me of pictures of Christians receiving the gift of tongues from the Holy Spirit, represented by tongues of fire on their heads.

(Image via Salvation Army)

richlevy · 12-03-2011, 09:43 AM

It looks like the cover of a video game. Call of Duty 9: Eruption.

BTW, I had to look it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyamuragira . It's in the Republic of Congo. Which means if you're standing around watching that, being near a volcano is the least of your problems.

SPUCK · 12-04-2011, 04:40 AM

They even have to guard the volcano to prevent someone from stealing it!

Trilby · 12-04-2011, 09:05 AM

shoot the volcano!

shoot the volcano!!

ZenGum · 12-04-2011, 10:06 PM

I would love to see an erruption like that one day. That and the aurora. I'm making this list ...

I've ticked off total solar eclipse, but I'd like to see another.

12-03-2011, 09:31 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	December 3, 2011 Nyamulagira Volcano It doesn't seem like it to me, but that lava eruption in the background is 65-stories-tall. (Photograph by Cai Tjeenk Willink, Virunga National Park, via National Geographic) With the ranger standing in front, it reminds me of pictures of Christians receiving the gift of tongues from the Holy Spirit, represented by tongues of fire on their heads. (Image via Salvation Army)

12-03-2011, 09:43 AM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	It looks like the cover of a video game. Call of Duty 9: Eruption. BTW, I had to look it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyamuragira . It's in the Republic of Congo. Which means if you're standing around watching that, being near a volcano is the least of your problems. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-04-2011, 09:05 AM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	shoot the volcano! shoot the volcano!! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-04-2011, 10:06 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I would love to see an erruption like that one day. That and the aurora. I'm making this list ... I've ticked off total solar eclipse, but I'd like to see another. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-04-2011, 04:40 AM	#3
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	They even have to guard the volcano to prevent someone from stealing it!

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