What's really crazy is just how small of an eruption it was (in a geologic context), compared to how big people think it was. The volume of material erupted, including the slope failure of the flank, is only about 3 cubic km. The largest single explosive eruptive event we have evidence for in the geologic record is in excess of 5000 cubic kilometers, or in other words imagine a cube of magma 17 km on a side being ejected
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1 Redactor0 2019-05-03
You're a great poster when you're not being political and retarded, keep it up.
1 loli_esports 2019-05-03
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-468/images/coverphoto.jpg this is what it used to look like
1 Rentokill_boy 2019-05-03
am I the only person who thinks it looked worse?
the new shape is a lot more interesting
1 loli_esports 2019-05-03
I agree, but I think it's pretty crazy how much it changed/how much blew off.
1 Rentokill_boy 2019-05-03
1600 times more powerful than the anime bomb
volcanism is mad stuff
1 duckraul2 2019-05-03
What's really crazy is just how small of an eruption it was (in a geologic context), compared to how big people think it was. The volume of material erupted, including the slope failure of the flank, is only about 3 cubic km. The largest single explosive eruptive event we have evidence for in the geologic record is in excess of 5000 cubic kilometers, or in other words imagine a cube of magma 17 km on a side being ejected
1 converter-bot 2019-05-03
17 km is 10.56 miles
1 THOT-AUDITOR 2019-05-03
People never pan northwards to see the sea of logs floating in the lake at the bottom of the mountain like so many matchsticks.
It's a beautiful mountain even with the top blown off but it took like 15 years for the surrounding area to be much more than a wasteland.
1 BoostedBraps 2019-05-03
wtf we humans destroy everything
1 wootfatigue 2019-05-03
Global warming strikes again.
1 Rentokill_boy 2019-05-03
sad music plays as the titanic sinks
1 PoIsAChad69 2019-05-03
You coming on MY turf f*ggot?
1 TheFilthyAutismo 2019-05-03
Imagine actually caring about Warshington
Source: from Washington
1 PoIsAChad69 2019-05-03
Oh, I read that as Wellington.
You can have your shithole back.
1 TheFilthyAutismo 2019-05-03
I really don't want it back
1 PoIsAChad69 2019-05-03
u think u have a choice f*g?
1 TheFilthyAutismo 2019-05-03
I don't but uncle sam does, I'm about as far away from warshingmaton as I can get courtesy of the US taxpayer. Take that b*ssy
1 Seattle_Bussy_Lmao 2019-05-03
I love how flowers grow in the PNW
1 ArtisanalCollabo 2019-05-03
I have a vial if ashes from when it blew up. Not sure why
1 MzCherryBlossom 2019-05-03
The flowers are beautiful.
1 LemonGaming5 2019-05-03
thats beatiful
1 noxpallida 2019-05-03
Damn crazy how nature make dat
1 keeeeshawn 2019-05-03
NeverForget
1 _AmenBreak 2019-05-03
how can i get approved before the floodgates close? i just lurk
1 mooples2260 2019-05-03
I suppose the power of nature is... dramatic
1 Gus_Habistat 2019-05-03
Goodnight. It has been fun.