"Dirty Thunderstorm" You don't see this everyday!

[Scott Card]

Check out these crazy photos. I have never seen that before, volcano and lightening???.....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36645958?GT1=43001

[Deathcricket]

Anyone else think this while looking at these amazing pics?

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!

[blueeyes]

Julie was looking at the pics and said it was like the bowls of hell had opened. Those were amazingly beautiful and scary all in one!

[bruce from bryce]

Tremendous up and downdrafts within any cloud, whether it be volcanic or weather induced. These cause + and - particles which in turn setup lightning conditions. Another phenomena is snow showers with lightning.

None the less, an impressive picture.

bruce from bryce

[Scott Card]

I'll tell ya, with the lightning and lava combined with the blackness, I agree with Blueeyes - "Hell" was the first word I thought of too.

Bruce, I hope you checked out the whole series. The photo I posted was probably not the most impressive but I liked it for its artistic value.

[Don]

Hell. That's funny 'cause my first thought, with all that energy in one central place, was that it's too bad we lack the ability to harness that power. Of course I also thought of Thor, but for comic book superhero rather than religious reasons.

[Scott Card]

Nah, there wasn't any religious connection to my comment. When you watch movies or tv shows and they try to protray "hell", the photos of this event in Iceland do a way better job than any movie I have seen.

For me hell is regret, separation from those I love the most, and not having the type of life I believe I can have if I live up to what I believe. Hell seems to be to be more mental than it is a location with pitch forks and fire. I can handle pitch forks and fire. Why I went throught the Black Hole on New Year's Day! Its the same just opposite....

[ststephen]

A good friend once told me that if you ever see a place on a map marked "Hell's <something" you should go there. It's mostly likely a very cool place.

But as to the shots they are amazing. So easy to forgot the kind of power that lies literally under our feet.

[blueeyes]

X2 Scott

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[blueeyes]

Here are so more amazing pics. Doesn't look like the gates of hell this time. I guess if we stay along the same theme....this kinda shows Heaven above.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ash-plume.html

[Scott Card]

Dang, I love these photos. Thanks for the additional post.

[Sombeech]