See that bright spot in the upper part of the graphic, on the right? That's the glow of lava off the clouds of steam, my children. Bright enough to show in the imaging field of a camera five miles away. Lava, of course, is what we call magma when it's exposed to the atmosphere. Magma must remain forever unseen to remain magma.
We just saw, on KGW-8, overflight video of the crater that showed red lava glowing through the cracks in the new lava dome. KATU-2 and KOIN-6 showed an unhealthy fixation of Qyntel Woods and dogfighting, of which a sudden epidemic of people getting caught has happened. They got to the mountain eventually, with Paul Bukta of KATU-2 on that really cool grainy green night-scope.
He also delivered the line of the night, when commenting on the USGS's desire to fly an unmanned drone over the crater and the necessity of notifying the FAA: "First, the Government is going to have to get permission...from the Government"
The gopher...has arrived.
No comments:
Post a Comment