[Geology2] Volcanic Water Spouts and a Ride Across Eyjafjallajökull

Volcano tornado

Maggie Koerth-Baker at 12:47 PM Monday, Sep 20, 2010

Volcanados?

These volcanic water spouts spun off Kilauea volcano's eruption cloud during a 2008 blast. More than just a pillar of smoke, eruption clouds are, themselves, cyclonic, spinning around a vertical axis and mimicking some behavior patterns usually seen in storm cells, including the ability to give birth to smaller cyclones, water spouts and dust devils.

This photo was taken by Stephen & Donna O'Meara and is part of the Extreme Exposures exhibit running at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, starting October 23.

Via Bad Astronomy

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