Image of the Day: Mystery of Volcano Lightning in Chile

Although these images were taken back in May 2008, they are being circulated as an 'image of the day' today... for some unknown reason..

www.dailygalaxy.com...

Maybe someone is trying to say something...

These images do make you wonder though..
If lightning like that at that area was some kind of natural warning as to the upset that was to come almost two years later, it may be wothwhile keeping an eye out for similar events around the world.

The page was posted up on Twitter just a few minutes ago...

Let's please not get these pictures confused with recent events. They are from 2008.

reply to post by Extralien


I wonder about that speculation of yours, OP. That seems right on ; I mean maybe it IS an indicator of what's to come ...

That first pic is so freakin' beautiful.

Good find.



I can't believe this JUST took place !






Kidding ! I know they're from 2008

reply to post by Extralien


I alway's thought volcano lightening happend due to the hot air escaping from the volcano and interacting with the cooler air outside in the Atmosphere.
Warm air rise's and it just create's a local storm hence the lightening.
But yeah, weird that it's 'Pic of the Day.'

Before anyone really starts to panic, lightning within clouds of volcanic ash are fairly common to some degree.

St. Elmo's fire, also known as ball lightning has been known to occur as well.

In fact lightning was seen in some better known eruptions such as Vesuvius, Krakatoua and Mt St Hellens.

No one knows for sure what causes it but it's not an uncommon occurrence and I doubt very much that it's a foreshadow of tragic events to come.

The little-understood storms may be sparked when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collide to produce static charges just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms.

[edit on 3/2/2010 by clay2 baraka]