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Pele was really pissed.
A pahoehoe lava flow is around 2000 degrees fahrenheit. When it reaches the ocean this heat vaporizes the sea water instantly. When this happens chloride from the salt combines with hydrogen in the water to form a plume of hydrochloric acid that’s then carried away by the wind, often on shore. Needless to say, not a place to be.
You know what else contains chloride and hydrogen? Whiz. The...
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Fie upon you heavens, FIE!
In the past week the wind/rain has felled our tarp thrice, stolen two of my (I thought) sturdily hung curtains, made a lake out of one of our dry covered wood piles, and blown in sideways under four fucking feet of roof overhang to drench 75% of my worldly belongings. At this point I feel like Calvin standing naked outside in the thunderstorm screaming “OOH! BIG NOISE! C’MON, IS THAT ALL YOU...
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God? … There is nothing here, at the moment, but me and the desert. And that’s...
– Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (via sarahonthemountain)
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