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Brother Buzz

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7. A pyroclastic flow is something to avoid at all costs

Reply to csziggy (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 10:00 PM

Jan 2013

1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on Martinique: 30,000 people killed; the entire population of Saint-Pierre wiped out with one exception, a single prisoner secured deep, deep down in the dungeon.

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Red Hot Nickel Ball In Water (Nice Reaction) [View all] csziggy Jan 2013 OP

Pretty cool! Suich Jan 2013 #1

Here's some underwater pillow basalt being formed.... Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #2

That is so neat to watch - thank you! csziggy Jan 2013 #4

The point is, it's relatively safe to watch Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #5

That's good to know csziggy Jan 2013 #6

A pyroclastic flow is something to avoid at all costs Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #7

I read a book about the Mount Pelée eruption when I was a kid csziggy Jan 2013 #11

nice sounds. thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #3

That was cool! I love the way it reacts with the water. Agschmid Jan 2013 #8

Love to watch the way things work. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #9

Liquid Nitrogen in a swimming pool; A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #10

I think that is called the leidenfrost effect Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #12