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I woke up today thinking, “Surely there is nothing new I need to know about molten rock,” and Kilauea volcano in Hawaii immediately took that as a personal challenge. So here I am, a full-grown adult, reporting to you about the tragic, fiery demise of a webcam.
At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea has been in one of those long-running lava moods scientists politely call an “ongoing eruption.” Yesterday’s installment, charmingly labeled Episode 38, went from “mildly dramatic” to “Michael Bay reboot” in a matter of hours. After just a day of low‑level rumbling, multiple vents opened in the summit crater, throwing lava fountains into the air like a very angry fondue fountain. One of those vents on the south side suddenly cranked things up and blasted a lava fountain more than a thousand feet high, leaning ominously toward a nearby U.S. Geological Survey webcam like it had a personal vendetta.
Now, this camera was mounted in a closed area of the national park, safely away from tourists, doing what webcams do best: quietly streaming nature so the rest of us can ignore our responsibilities while watching orange goo. The video shows the fountain growing, the plume of hot pumice and volcanic gas expanding, and then the view just gets swallowed by a glowing, ash‑filled cloud. For a few seconds, you basically get the POV shot of what it’s like to be head‑butted by a volcano. Then: nothing. Kilauea didn’t just photobomb the webcam; it deleted it from existence.
Scientists say the episode ended abruptly after about twelve hours of continuous lava fountaining, presumably because even a volcano has to look in the mirror and say, “Did I just melt government property?” The park was already closed in that area because of eruptive hazards, which is geology‑speak for “this is why we don’t let you get close enough to take selfies.”
To be clear, no people were harmed. The only casualty was a piece of equipment whose entire job description was “stand still and take it.” Somewhere in a lab, a volcanologist is filling out an insurance form that reads “Cause of loss: direct hit by 1,000‑foot lava fountain,” and an actuary is quietly quitting.
The best part is that this was all being livestreamed. Imagine tuning in for a relaxing background volcano feed, like a lava fireplace channel, and suddenly you’re watching the literal last moments of the camera. It’s the only nature stream where the subject turns around and films you back by destroying the lens.
So yes, in the vast landscape of things you absolutely did not need to know today, here’s your winner: a volcano in Hawaii fired a precision lava beam at a government webcam and won. Somewhere, deep inside Kilauea, the Earth just unlocked a new achievement: “Camera not found.”
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
I woke up today thinking, “Surely there is nothing new I need to know about molten rock,” and Kilauea volcano in Hawaii immediately took that as a personal challenge. So here I am, a full-grown adult, reporting to you about the tragic, fiery demise of a webcam.
At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea has been in one of those long-running lava moods scientists politely call an “ongoing eruption.” Yesterday’s installment, charmingly labeled Episode 38, went from “mildly dramatic” to “Michael Bay reboot” in a matter of hours. After just a day of low‑level rumbling, multiple vents opened in the summit crater, throwing lava fountains into the air like a very angry fondue fountain. One of those vents on the south side suddenly cranked things up and blasted a lava fountain more than a thousand feet high, leaning ominously toward a nearby U.S. Geological Survey webcam like it had a personal vendetta.
Now, this camera was mounted in a closed area of the national park, safely away from tourists, doing what webcams do best: quietly streaming nature so the rest of us can ignore our responsibilities while watching orange goo. The video shows the fountain growing, the plume of hot pumice and volcanic gas expanding, and then the view just gets swallowed by a glowing, ash‑filled cloud. For a few seconds, you basically get the POV shot of what it’s like to be head‑butted by a volcano. Then: nothing. Kilauea didn’t just photobomb the webcam; it deleted it from existence.
Scientists say the episode ended abruptly after about twelve hours of continuous lava fountaining, presumably because even a volcano has to look in the mirror and say, “Did I just melt government property?” The park was already closed in that area because of eruptive hazards, which is geology‑speak for “this is why we don’t let you get close enough to take selfies.”
To be clear, no people were harmed. The only casualty was a piece of equipment whose entire job description was “stand still and take it.” Somewhere in a lab, a volcanologist is filling out an insurance form that reads “Cause of loss: direct hit by 1,000‑foot lava fountain,” and an actuary is quietly quitting.
The best part is that this was all being livestreamed. Imagine tuning in for a relaxing background volcano feed, like a lava fireplace channel, and suddenly you’re watching the literal last moments of the camera. It’s the only nature stream where the subject turns around and films you back by destroying the lens.
So yes, in the vast landscape of things you absolutely did not need to know today, here’s your winner: a volcano in Hawaii fired a precision lava beam at a government webcam and won. Somewhere, deep inside Kilauea, the Earth just unlocked a new achievement: “Camera not found.”
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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I woke up today thinking, “Surely there is nothing new I need to know about molten rock,” and Kilauea volcano in Hawaii immediately took that as a personal challenge. So here I am, a full-grown adult, reporting to you about the tragic, fiery demise of a webcam.
At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea has been in one of those long-running lava moods scientists politely call an “ongoing eruption.” Yesterday’s installment, charmingly labeled Episode 38, went from “mildly dramatic” to “Michael Bay reboot” in a matter of hours. After just a day of low‑level rumbling, multiple vents opened in the summit crater, throwing lava fountains into the air like a very angry fondue fountain. One of those vents on the south side suddenly cranked things up and blasted a lava fountain more than a thousand feet high, leaning ominously toward a nearby U.S. Geological Survey webcam like it had a personal vendetta.
Now, this camera was mounted in a closed area of the national park, safely away from tourists, doing what webcams do best: quietly streaming nature so the rest of us can ignore our responsibilities while watching orange goo. The video shows the fountain growing, the plume of hot pumice and volcanic gas expanding, and then the view just gets swallowed by a glowing, ash‑filled cloud. For a few seconds, you basically get the POV shot of what it’s like to be head‑butted by a volcano. Then: nothing. Kilauea didn’t just photobomb the webcam; it deleted it from existence.
Scientists say the episode ended abruptly after about twelve hours of continuous lava fountaining, presumably because even a volcano has to look in the mirror and say, “Did I just melt government property?” The park was already closed in that area because of eruptive hazards, which is geology‑speak for “this is why we don’t let you get close enough to take selfies.”
To be clear, no people were harmed. The only casualty was a piece of equipment whose entire job description was “stand still and take it.” Somewhere in a lab, a volcanologist is filling out an insurance form that reads “Cause of loss: direct hit by 1,000‑foot lava fountain,” and an actuary is quietly quitting.
The best part is that this was all being livestreamed. Imagine tuning in for a relaxing background volcano feed, like a lava fireplace channel, and suddenly you’re watching the literal last moments of the camera. It’s the only nature stream where the subject turns around and films you back by destroying the lens.
So yes, in the vast landscape of things you absolutely did not need to know today, here’s your winner: a volcano in Hawaii fired a precision lava beam at a government webcam and won. Somewhere, deep inside Kilauea, the Earth just unlocked a new achievement: “Camera not found.”
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
I woke up today thinking, “Surely there is nothing new I need to know about molten rock,” and Kilauea volcano in Hawaii immediately took that as a personal challenge. So here I am, a full-grown adult, reporting to you about the tragic, fiery demise of a webcam.
At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea has been in one of those long-running lava moods scientists politely call an “ongoing eruption.” Yesterday’s installment, charmingly labeled Episode 38, went from “mildly dramatic” to “Michael Bay reboot” in a matter of hours. After just a day of low‑level rumbling, multiple vents opened in the summit crater, throwing lava fountains into the air like a very angry fondue fountain. One of those vents on the south side suddenly cranked things up and blasted a lava fountain more than a thousand feet high, leaning ominously toward a nearby U.S. Geological Survey webcam like it had a personal vendetta.
Now, this camera was mounted in a closed area of the national park, safely away from tourists, doing what webcams do best: quietly streaming nature so the rest of us can ignore our responsibilities while watching orange goo. The video shows the fountain growing, the plume of hot pumice and volcanic gas expanding, and then the view just gets swallowed by a glowing, ash‑filled cloud. For a few seconds, you basically get the POV shot of what it’s like to be head‑butted by a volcano. Then: nothing. Kilauea didn’t just photobomb the webcam; it deleted it from existence.
Scientists say the episode ended abruptly after about twelve hours of continuous lava fountaining, presumably because even a volcano has to look in the mirror and say, “Did I just melt government property?” The park was already closed in that area because of eruptive hazards, which is geology‑speak for “this is why we don’t let you get close enough to take selfies.”
To be clear, no people were harmed. The only casualty was a piece of equipment whose entire job description was “stand still and take it.” Somewhere in a lab, a volcanologist is filling out an insurance form that reads “Cause of loss: direct hit by 1,000‑foot lava fountain,” and an actuary is quietly quitting.
The best part is that this was all being livestreamed. Imagine tuning in for a relaxing background volcano feed, like a lava fireplace channel, and suddenly you’re watching the literal last moments of the camera. It’s the only nature stream where the subject turns around and films you back by destroying the lens.
So yes, in the vast landscape of things you absolutely did not need to know today, here’s your winner: a volcano in Hawaii fired a precision lava beam at a government webcam and won. Somewhere, deep inside Kilauea, the Earth just unlocked a new achievement: “Camera not found.”
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI