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[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Kilauea is going OFF right now, geez.


Those are the USGS's 24/7 livestreams so feel free to save them.

Kilauea again? It is pretty much always going off. At least the eruptions there are fairly "gentle" by volcano standards, not like Ring of Fire volcanos.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Kilauea again? It is pretty much always going off. At least the eruptions there are fairly "gentle" by volcano standards, not like Ring of Fire volcanos.

It's the recipe that makes the difference!

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

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Very interesting.

Wild killer whales filmed offering food to humans – here's what scientists think it means | Discover Wildlife

Researchers found 34 instances of killer whales approaching humans with food items, including dead fish, stunned stingrays and incapacitated sharks.

www.discoverwildlife.com

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

How a Leopard Seal Fed Me Penguins

Paul Nicklen says the assignment that put him face to face with a toothy leopard seal "will stay with me forever."

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Such cat-like behavior

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Kilauea is fountaining again. It's hard to tell but it might be the tallest fountain yet.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Kilauea over the last several months has settled into a kind of rhythm. It blasts out these spectacular fountains of lava, over a thousand feet tall sometimes, for anywhere from 7 to 14 hours or so, and then it stops and spends about 7 to 10 days recharging pressure before doing it again. It's a very reliable cycle, and it means that if you're ever visiting Hawaii for at least a week you have a very high chance of having the opportunity to see this in person.

Lava fountaining in general is common especially at hotspot volcanoes (see the whole recipe thing up above); you tend to see a lot of fountaining with the fissure eruptions recently in Iceland for example. But these tremendous periodic monolithic lava jets are a treasure that at least in modern times are special to Kilauea. There's no other volcano on Earth where you can see something exactly like it. People living now really are privileged to be able to see something like this.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Kilauea over the last several months has settled into a kind of rhythm. It blasts out these spectacular fountains of lava, over a thousand feet tall sometimes, for anywhere from 7 to 14 hours or so, and then it stops and spends about 7 to 10 days recharging pressure before doing it again. It's a very reliable cycle, and it means that if you're ever visiting Hawaii for at least a week you have a very high chance of having the opportunity to see this in person.

Lava fountaining in general is common especially at hotspot volcanoes (see the whole recipe thing up above); you tend to see a lot of fountaining with the fissure eruptions recently in Iceland for example. But these tremendous periodic monolithic lava jets are a treasure that at least in modern times are special to Kilauea. There's no other volcano on Earth where you can see something exactly like it. People living now really are privileged to be able to see something like this.

It may be best appreciated via video. I have friends who spend a considerable part of the year in Maui. They're on Team How-About-Kilauea-STFUS! It has fouled the air for months. It's a permanent haze with the delicate scent of brimstone; not what the high-rent crowd prefers.

Yes, in Maui, even though Kilauea is on the Big Island.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Public service announcement

Don't Walk On The Fucking Lava

People have been seen walking on both new and recent lava, which is extremely dangerous. The police and the Icelandic...

grapevine.is

 

[Casey Pelous]

Public service announcement

Don't Walk On The Fucking Lava

People have been seen walking on both new and recent lava, which is extremely dangerous. The police and the Icelandic...

grapevine.is

Never mind the whole hot lava business. The incredible abrasiveness of that stuff will literally shred the soles of your athletic shoes. Many visitors to Central Oregon's lava flows can tell you sad stories!

 

[Isabeau]

Huge stick insect Acrophylla alta found in Queensland, Australia

The insect has surprised experts with its size and weight, which they say could make it the heaviest insect in Australia.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Absolutely not

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

The best science articles are the ones with headlines that sound like they were written by someone with schizophrenia.

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. Per the authors, it's the first example of a biolaser cavity within the animal kingdom.

 

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The best science articles are the ones with headlines that sound like they were written by someone with schizophrenia.

Yup.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Kilauea is spouting off SIDEWAYS tonight.

 

[Isabeau]

'Ghost sharks' grow forehead teeth to help them have sex, study suggests

"What I think is very neat about this project is that it provides a beautiful example of evolutionary tinkering or 'bricolage,'" said Coates, a professor of biology at the University of Chicago. "We have a combination of experimental data with paleontological evidence to show how these fishes co-opted a preexisting program for manufacturing teeth to make a new device that is essential for reproduction."
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The bizarre path from a mouth full of teeth to forehead teeth used for mating demonstrates the impressive flexibility of evolution, the researchers say, always ready to repurpose structures for strange and unexpected new uses.

 

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'Ghost sharks' grow forehead teeth to help them have sex, study suggests

If I could grow forehead teeth, they would certainly not be used for...OK, yeah. I'd totally use them for sex.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Why Birds Don't Go *BANG*

“How are you still alive, tiny dude?”

everythingisamazing.substack.com

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