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[blasphemusfish]

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[mythrai]

Wow, those pictures. I mean

just wow.

[blasphemusfish]

I effing forgot to put the one with the eruption going off with aurora borealis in the background D:
*fix*

[mythrai]

nature is so cool, I'm gonna sing the Discovery channel song unironically :3

[myniamh]

Wow.

[888mph]

Can someone please explain me the lightning?

[mythrai]

I assume is has to do with the extreme heat of the volcanic eruption meeting the cold air of Iceland's atmosphere.

[blasphemusfish]

All the possibly charged particles being flung around probably has something to do with it as well.
I love how some of it appears red o:

[888mph]

Hmm, the pics subtitles in the link say the following:

"It is not clear why bolts of lightning are sometimes seen within erupting volcanoes...

One theory is that that the spewing magma bubbles or particles of volcanic ash are themselves electrically charged, and by their motion create separately charged areas.

Another theory is that lightning may be caused by charge-inducing collisions in volcanic dust."

The latter makes more sense to me. Nevertheless, it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. :)

[eroholic]

in the snow. :D

[fiercereaper]

Thundersnow! Funnest thing ever.

[millilicious]

Wow those photos are inspirational. Beautiful, beautiful.

We were actually lucky. The very last plane to arrive from Chicago to Manchester.