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Upside down Dodge Viper logo is what?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:40:40 GMT

Turn the Dodge Viper logo upside down and guess who appears...

Stonehenge, Rosebud, The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd – all have confounded us with their hidden meanings. And to that list we now add the logo for the Dodge Viper. Somehow it has eluded us for years that, when turned upside down, the Viper logo turns into what appears to be... Daffy Duck. Or, as some other folks have mentioned, perhaps it's Duck Dodgers, or Darkwing Duck. Someone else thought it was "a gator with a volcano in the background," but we have no idea how that happened...

Regardless of which name that foul goes by, it's quite a revelation to make this late into the Viper game. If there were any meaning intended from the inversion, we'd expect it to be a swan, not a duck. But what does it all mean? History might know. For now, it's just another one of those quirks that is the Dodge Viper, and yet another reason we'll miss it when it departs in 2011.

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Movie Review:2012

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:54:02 GMT

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Movie Review:2012

If you rolled every disaster movie into one spectacular package, you would wind up with something close to “2012,” Roland Emmerich’s latest apocalyptic fantasy.

Stitching together highlights from “Earthquake,” “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Volcano,” and even “Titanic,” the movie follows the fate of a dozen characters as they fall victim to a series of calamities brought on by some kind of solar meltdown. The issue is not so much what caused the cataclysm but how humanity will respond to the crisis. A venal presidential adviser (Oliver Platt) has the task of handpicking the people who will be allowed to board the atomic-age equivalent of Noah’s ark. So the film aims to ask profound questions about how we choose the people worth saving. But profundity is not the director’s strong suit.

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Giant crack in Africa formed in just days

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:10:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Do read it.. Earth is opening!

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A crack in the Earth's crust – which could be the forerunner to a new ocean – ripped open in just days in 2005, a new study suggests. The opening, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia, presents a unique opportunity for geologists to study how mid-ocean ridges form.

The crack is the surface component of a continental riftMovie Camera forming as the Arabian and African plates drift away from one another. It began to open up in September 2005, when a volcano at the northern end of the rift, called Dabbahu, erupted.The magma inside the volcano did not reach the surface and erupt as a fountain of lava – instead, it was diverted into the continental rift underground. The magma cooled into a wedge-shaped "dike" that was then uplifted, rupturing the surface and creating a 500-metre-long, 60-metre-deep crack.

Giant crack in Africa formed in just days

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13 Disaster and end of world movies

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:37:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Can't wait to see '2012'

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Disasterpiece theater: Thirteen cinematic tales of disaster

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It's the end of the world as we know it... and we feel fascinated

Reality is terrifying enough, so why do we crave disaster movies? Just when we thought we were safely out of the '70s Irwin Allen-drenched disaster era ("The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno"), the '90s revived the genre with star-studded, expensive epics of Gotterdammerung. Remember "Deep Impact," "Armageddon" and "Volcano?"

Now, Roland Emmerich has decided to once again destroy the world, this time for good it seems in "2012." With that in mind, we've come up with a cursory list of movies that feed our fascination with cataclysmic fear -- in many forms -- and entertain our thirst for watching stuff blow up. It looks like we've been paranoid a lot longer than we thought.

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Video Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga in Pacific ocean

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:01:23 GMT

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Giant Crack in Africa

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:34:48 GMT

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In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia.

For the first time they demonstrate that activity on one rift segment can trigger a major episode of magma injection and associated deformation on a neighboring segment. Careful study of the 2005 mega-dike intrusion and its aftermath will continue to provide extraordinary opportunities for learning about continental rifts and mid-ocean ridges."

2005 event that led to the giant rift opening more than 20 feet in width in just days.

Ayele's reconstruction of events showed that the rift did not open in a series of small earthquakes over an extended period of time, but tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days. A volcano called Dabbahu at the northern end of the rift erupted first, then magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began "unzipping" the rift in both directions, says Ebinger.

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crack in the world, besides the Grand Canyon

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:40:30 GMT

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nt Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

A new study involving an international team of scientists and reported in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the processes creating the rift are nearly identical to what goes on at the bottom of oceans, further indication a sea is in the region's future.

Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days. Dabbahu, a volcano at the northern end of the rift, erupted first, then magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began "unzipping" the rift in both directions, the researchers explained in a statement today.

GIANT crack in Africa will create a new ocean

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "We know that seafloor ridges are created by a similar intrusion of magma into a rift, but we never knew that a huge length of the ridge could break open at once like this," said Cindy Ebinger, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester and co-author of the study.

The result shows that highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ocean plates may suddenly break apart in large sections, instead of in bits, as the leading theory held. And such sudden large-scale events on land pose a much more serious hazard to populations living near the rift than would several smaller events, Ebinger said.

"The whole point of this study is to learn whether what is happening in Ethiopia is like what is happening at the bottom of the ocean where it's almost impossible for us to go," says Ebinger. "We knew that if we could establish that, then Ethiopia would essentially be a unique and superb ocean-ridge laboratory for us. Because of the unprecedent

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Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.

Orange Alert for Galeras Volcano (Columbia)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:33:42 GMT

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Officials in southern Colombia have issued a code orange alert for the newly-active Galeras volcano, pictured in 2005, which they said could erupt in a matter of days or weeks, according to the state-run Geological and Mining Institute.

Authorities said they are continuing to monitor the nearby Huila volcano, also on orange alert, where sizeable volcanic activity also has been detected in recent weeks.

The Galeras volcano situated near the southern border with Ecuador is Colombia's most active volcano, with five eruptions over the past two years. It began rumbling back to life on October 27, officials said.

Some 7,000 people live in the vicinity of the volcano, which rises in the Andes mountain chain to an altitude of 4,270 meters (14,029 feet).

A 1993 eruption of Galeras killed nine people, including six scientists who had descended its crater to take gas samples.

Huila, at some 5,363 meters (17,595 feet), last erupted in November 2008, killing 10 people.

Welcome to Deception Island

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:34:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Creepy and cold.....

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Photo: The Cool Family

Deception Island. The name alone conjures intrigue, concealment and trickery. Upon approaching this remote, horseshoe-shaped Antarctic outcrop, a desolate and forbidding coastline looms – sheer, snow-capped rocky crags and barren volcanic slopes cloaked in a soup of swirling fog. Occupied sporadically for a century or more, ghost settlements are now all that remain of the island’s earlier human ventures. Several vicious volcanic eruptions have made sure of that.

Spectres of the dead: Graveyard in 1962 later buried by the 1969 eruption

The sub-zero air above the glacier-covered landscape was cold enough to cause death in minutes, but beneath the trembling earth and frozen sea, the lava was beginning to boil. On 5 December 1967, the first of a series of fierce volcanic eruptions shook Deception Island. The men inhabiting the base posted so precariously on this landmass of ice and fire were forced to withdraw.

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Mexican Church Devoured by Lava

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:45:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Born in a cornfield, Paricutin's formation was witnessed from the very beginning.

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on February 20, 1943,

the people of the small Mexican town of Parícutin

witnessed a mountain growing out of their cornfields

the birth of Parícutin, the youngest volcano in the western hemisphere and one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World.

Today, it is extinct and only the steeple of the small church of San Juan Parangaricutiro stands like a beacon

An amazing aerial view:

Two complete villages are still buried under all that lava:

People were not that lucky in 1949 when about 1,000 villagers died during a major eruption.

Parícutin is the youngest one of more than 1,400 volcanic vents in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and North America. What is unique is that its formation was witnessed from the very beginning.

Paricutin’s location in central Mexico, close to Mexico City:

The lonely church, now surrounded by greenery:

The church ruins attract many visitors:

One of the spectacular Parícutin eruptions:

Paricutin continued to spew until February 1952 when it ceased activity.

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Volcanic Eruption Photography

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:49:35 GMT

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Volcanic Eruption Photography

Karymsky volcano, Russia, Alexander Belousov

Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, AnywhereCostaRica.com

Karymsky volcano, Russia, Alexander Belousov

Kluchevskoy volcano, Russia, Alexander Belousov

Volcano eruption in a thunderstorm

Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica

Kluchevskoy volcano, Russia, Alexander Belousov

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Manam Island volcano eruption, Papua-New Guinea

Etna Volcano, Italy

Eruption of an underwater volcano in the South Pacific

Lascar volcano, Chile

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More facts on mud volcanoes

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:27:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In 2001, an eruption of a large underwater mud volcano off Baku created a new island, which is now almost one sq. km in size. Another volcano not far from Baku have erupted at least ten times since 1980, with flames reaching 300 m (1000') height.

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In addition to being markers of oil and gas deposits, mud volcanoes are used as sources of hot water, natural gas, and clay. On Azov Sea coasts, their mud is believed to have medical qualities, and is used in local spas. Few geologists are interested in them, so there is no special terminology to describe their shapes and eruptions.

Despite their spectacular diversity, mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have yet to be discovered as a tourist attraction.

Eruptions of mud volcanoes are seldom violent, although they can cause landslides and river dammings. Only few mud volcanoes, such as the ones on mud-volcanic islands off Baku City, are known for hot gas explosions, and have caused human fatalities at least three times since 1900.

Explosion of hot gas,
Bulla Island, Azerbaijan.

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The Amazing Mud Volcanoes Of Azerbaijan

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:38:33 GMT

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Bubbling and belching away like witches’ cauldrons, mud volcanoes are one of nature’s more murky oddities. They’re found spattered throughout the world, but astonishingly around 300 of the earth’s estimated 700 mud volcanoes lie in Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea. Capable of ejecting millions of cubic metres of hydrocarbon gasses plus mountains of mud, these geological marvels – some of them over 200 metres high – are a sight to behold.

Mud volcanoes are concocted by geo-excreted gases and liquids in which solids are suspended. Excreted is the right word too, as 86% of the gas released by these flatulent natural wonders is methane, with the rest of the gases made up of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Just remember to pack your nose peg when you’re planning your next trip to these sights in Eastern Azerbaijan.

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Top 10 Most Beautiful & Deadly Volcanoes

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:31:20 GMT

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Top 10 Most Beautiful & Deadly Volcanoes

How can a list of top 10 beautiful volcanoes be made without understanding their very nature, forces which creates such gigantic fire throwing pits. Since the early ages mankind was puzzled and used to think that volcanoes erupt due to anger of their Gods but later we have discovered their internal working and figured out the reasons why due to tectonic movements of the Earth’s crust causes them to erupt dangerously. Following is a list of top 10 most beautiful volcanoes which are located in beautiful places with tourist attractions.

2. Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica: One of the youngest active volcano of the world Volcán Arenal is located 56 miles from San Jose. This volcano offers breathtaking views from the far outside. Tabacon which was a small town near this volcano was destroyed in 1968’s eruption.

7. Kilauea, Hawaii: One of the lowest and flat shielded and active volcano in the world, Kilauea has seen more than 33 eruptions since 1952.

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