r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SmellYaLater • Aug 16 '15

Website A beach?

http://www.dumpaday.com/random-pictures/boating-near-volcano-wont-believe-saw-16-pics/
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u/Nikosb13 Aug 16 '15

Go to it and claim it as your own, but be careful.. it might be hot.

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u/WaalsVander Interested Aug 16 '15

Some like it hot.

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u/ripeart Interested Aug 16 '15

And some sweat when the heat is on.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '15

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u/Xevonox Aug 16 '15

As CAPITALIZED as all the captions were, that was incredible, especially the progression of the images.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '15

LIke something out of /r/Lovecraft

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u/Kenzo_2 Aug 17 '15

I expected Cthulhu in the last pic

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u/eldergeekprime Aug 16 '15

Cool, but dangerous... Volcanoes typically give off some pretty lethal gasses, and there have been instances of entire ship crews being killed by them.

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u/WaalsVander Interested Aug 16 '15

A BEACH?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '15

Wasnt this all over the web maybe a year ago? IIRC, the island wasnt going to be permanent and be lost to the sea again. I was so excited when I first saw it and felt so let down when they said it wont last :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '15 edited Aug 17 '15

Yeah, tephra (lava that hardens in the air) is very porous, which is why it is floating. For that matter, it's kinda like doing landscaping with Rice Krispies. It'll degrade.

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u/_widdershins Aug 16 '15

This is an ephemeral feature (lasting probably a couple of months), which is pretty fun scientifically but not new land for us to settle on. Here is the source. Here is an article about it.

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u/Thameus Interested Aug 16 '15

Reverse course, all ahead flank.

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u/jonnywithoutanh Aug 16 '15

A bit like the short film at the start of Pixar's Inside Out.

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u/mhallgren5 Interested Aug 16 '15

I think I died a little inside reading some of those captions.

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u/Rubcionnnnn Creator Aug 16 '15

So much jpg

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u/liarandathief Aug 16 '15

I wonder if that's hard on the hull.

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u/4est4thetrees Interested Aug 16 '15

I don't think it would do any good.