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Lake Vui goes from crystal blue to blood red

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, May 29, 2006.

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  1. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

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    Seems like the earth is going through a period of high seismic/ volcanic activity over the past few years.
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    Vanuatu volcano's lake turns red, leaving scientists puzzled

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    Wellington (New Zealand), May 29. (AP): Volcanologists were puzzled today about why a lake atop a rumbling volcano on the South Pacific island of Ambae has changed color from blue to bright red.

    Mount Manaro, one of four volcanos currently active in the island nation of Vanuatu, has been showing signs of erupting for only the second time in 122 years.

    "We are still ... trying to understand this change of colour in the lake from blue to red," Geology and Mines Department director Esline Garae told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila.

    She said two scientists on Ambae Island were monitoring Lake Vui, as well as seismic activity on the 1,500-meter Mt Manaro.

    "If the change of color ... comes from new activity in the ground or just a chemical change in the lake- these are two things I want to know from those guys before I can say anything" about the danger posed by the volcano, she said.

    Mt Manaro last erupted in November 2005, forcing half the island's 10,000 inhabitants to evacuate their villages but causing no injuries. The eruption before that, in 1884, killed scores of villagers.

    Three other volcanos in Vanuatu- Lopevi, Yasur and a two-crater volcano on Ambryn Island called Marum and Benbow- have spewed rocks, ash, smoke and steam over the South Pacific island nation in recent weeks.

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    Here is a view of the lake before the transformation.
     
  3. Blatz

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    That's creepy looking
     
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    The Rapture.


    Sugar we are going down swinging.
     
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    Was it freshwater before the change, or some sort of chemical soup? Freaky!
     
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    It's that time of the month, folks. Mother Nature's on the rag.
     
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    Who's worse? The people who say the first quote or the band who sing the second? That decision is truely the apocalypse.
     
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    :D Hilarious!
     
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    Couldn't have said it better myself.
     
  10. arkoe

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    My guess is Mount Vanuatu wants it's sacrifice.

    So did they take a sample to analyze, or just say, "hey, the lake's a funny color," and move on?
     
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    This place isn't far from "The Island"; the EMP that was discharged when the counter reached zero affected this lake in Ambae.
     
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    I bet it has to do with it SURROUNDING A VOLCANO.
     
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    All I know is if I see a crystal blue lake turn to blood ~ somebody is getting sacrificed.
     
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