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Related: About this forumChilean volcano send shockwaves through the atmosphere
When Chile's Calbuco volcano blew its lid on Wednesday afternoon, the eruption sent shockwaves rippling through the Earth's upper atmosphere, like a rock thrown into a pond.
A satellite known as Suomi NPP, a joint NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project, detected the waves rippling out around the volcano when set against the backdrop of the atmosphere's "airglow." The University of Wisconsin's satellite meteorology blog posted unique imagery of the eruption, which shows that it looked like a mushroom cloud from a nuclear test.
http://mashable.com/2015/04/23/chile-volcano-shockwaves-atmosphere/
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Chilean volcano send shockwaves through the atmosphere (Original Post)
jakeXT
Apr 2015
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Leith
(7,802 posts)1. Thanks for Posting That
Truly awesome.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)2. I saw a similar thing on a drive out of Orange County, California....
It was from a rapidly burning brush fire on a nearly windless day near sunset.
It looked just like an atomic bomb mushroom cloud.
Creepy.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)3. Does that ever bring back memories. n/t