Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile Pictures
While scenes of molten lava are relatively commonplace, this
otherworldly picture of the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile shows a truly
spectacular, and devastating, volcanic phenomenon. Moments like these remind me of a George Carlin speech:
...The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing
great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think
about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion
years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred
thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little
over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half
billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat?
That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little
blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds
of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate
tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms,
the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of
bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal
waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And
we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a
difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere.
WE ARE!
[ Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile Pictures ]
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Posted by: denise | May 12, 2008 at 02:04 PM
Great photo of the volcano! And excellent paragraphs about the Earth! I'm right there with you on the fact that we're not going to destroy the Earth by drinking soda pop, or driving to work!
Posted by: Matt | May 12, 2008 at 04:43 PM
"...And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat?"
Well, actually we could be a threat to Earth, but perhaps not from heavy industry, but just possibly from a few particle physics experiments...
CERN published predictions that they might create micro black holes in the Large Hadron Collider at a rate of 1 per second, due to begin operations later this year. And incidents at the University of Colorado (cold bosenova implosion) and at the RHIC (hot Fireball as Dual Black Hole implosion) indicate that black hole formation may in fact be an expected result of head on collider collisions, and it is not certain that the first micro black hole has not already been created according to a Nobel Laureate on the University of Colorado team. Links: nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001/cornellwieman-lecture.pdf and arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-th/pdf/0501/0501068v3.pdf
Furthermore, some scientists estimate that the growth rate of micro black holes could be at a rate that could threaten Earth in our lifetime.
While we can assume that what we are seeing today is most likely just natural fluctuation of natural activity, we should not be assured that this is the only possibility, and we should have respect for the power we may have to alter our planet. Let us hope that we find the wisdom to respect and protect our precious planet.
JTankers
LHCConcerns.com
Posted by: JTankers | May 12, 2008 at 11:37 PM
When did they relize it was an active volcano, and will it effect other countries?
Posted by: Erica | May 13, 2008 at 08:35 AM
When did they relize it was an active volcano, and will it effect other countries?
Posted by: Erica | May 13, 2008 at 08:35 AM
how much erueptable meteral is in the magma chamber
Posted by: Jonathan | May 13, 2008 at 10:41 AM