tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post6666047688432740212..comments2009-03-24T11:04:36.744-07:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-27843500939759990302008-06-21T06:10:00.000-07:002008-06-21T06:10:00.000-07:00The <A HREF="http://records.viu.ca/~earles/nyos-fountain.jpg" REL="nofollow">fountain</A> in the middle of lake Nyos only used a pump to get it started. Now it is a self-sustaining fountain of fizzy-water, shooting 100 feet into the air.Gregory Bloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07114478285253008346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-19846089447728378892008-06-20T19:31:00.000-07:002008-06-20T19:31:00.000-07:00Wow!<BR/>I posted too the Mario Sánchez gallery o.o<BR/><BR/>here:<BR/>http://hardergeneration.hu/2008/06/11/aegis-strifes-digital-hell/<BR/><BR/>i really love this works :)NINthhttp://hardergeneration.hunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-65013784751330963822008-06-20T15:30:00.000-07:002008-06-20T15:30:00.000-07:00i heard about the lakes, it was in one of arthur clarkes' books. can't remember which one, though.nenadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00378250660843466711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-43902421742109585252008-06-19T18:49:00.000-07:002008-06-19T18:49:00.000-07:00Thank you for the image info - credit added.Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-76753890109077998782008-06-19T17:41:00.000-07:002008-06-19T17:41:00.000-07:00Sigivald, you are absolutely right. Moreover, the main toxic gas expelled by a volcanic lake - or a smoking crater or crevice - is the poisonous SO2, or Sulphur Dioxide.<BR/><BR/>Many of the people who died in lake Nyos were deprived of oxigen and poisoned by SO2.<BR/><BR/>I think that this trend of blaming CO2 for everything that happens is becoming rather fishy...<BR/><BR/>CongratulationsCarlos Portugalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-56412849197772895872008-06-19T16:46:00.000-07:002008-06-19T16:46:00.000-07:00fascinating article.<BR/><BR/>off-topic, but a confirmation, that last pic is indeed Philippe Ramette, entitled:<BR/><BR/>Rational exploration of the undersea : irrational walk 2006<BR/><BR/>(xippas.com/en/artist/philippe_ramette)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-12786698318756274382008-06-19T13:00:00.000-07:002008-06-19T13:00:00.000-07:00Just to clarify, while CO2 is toxic in sufficient concentration, the deaths at Lake Nyos were due more to it simply <I>displacing all the oxygen</I> and causing immediate asphyxiation, than to any toxic effect.Sigivaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-59937086151558825402008-06-19T12:49:00.000-07:002008-06-19T12:49:00.000-07:00My link's been broken, sorry, try that short one, please (it's really cool) :<BR/><BR/>http://tiny.cc/GBi06Brugrivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16778771829897461689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-87060967051132444582008-06-19T12:44:00.000-07:002008-06-19T12:44:00.000-07:00The last picture could be from Philippe Ramette, a french photographer. He doesn't use Photoshop, but strange machines to create weird pictures of himself.<BR/><BR/>You can see some of them here (fr) :<BR/><BR/>http://laboiteaimages.hautetfort.com/archive/2007/02/11/index.htmlBrugrivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16778771829897461689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-84198345952681907132008-06-19T12:34:00.000-07:002008-06-19T12:34:00.000-07:00Very nice post, never heard of exploding lakes before. The image with the pump in the center of the lake is not visible...Duivelskindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06048947684420580763noreply@blogger.com