Volcanic Thunderstorms

coconutshell

5-8-2008 4:25 AM

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<B>May 6, 2008—</B>After 9,000 years of silence, <A href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_chile.html">Chile</A>'s Chaitén volcano (pictured on May 3) is erupting with lava, ash—and lightning (<A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080506-AP-chile-volca.html">full story</A>).
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Since the volcano awoke on May 2, it has continued erupting intermittently, blanketing the area in ash and forcing more than 4,000 people to flee.
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The little-understood storms may be sparked when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collide to produce static charges—just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms. (More: <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-volcano-lightning.html">"Volcanic Lightning Sparked by 'Dirty Thunderstorms,' Study Finds"</A> [February, 2, 2007].)
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The mingling of lightning and ash seen above may be a "dirty thunderstorm."
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coconutshell says:

Wow.

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5-8-2008 1:41 PM

carrerinyes

Double wow!

5-8-2008 1:49 PM

skwirlinator

Do I see Godzilla in there?

5-8-2008 5:54 PM

n2sooners

I should pay more attention, I just clipped the same thing. This clip is much more informative than the one I made (but mine is funnier). I would love to see these storms in real life, from a distance of course.

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5-9-2008 1:30 AM