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Stefan Keller / Reuters
A massive plume of ash billows up into the sky as Mount Tongariro erupts in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand on November 21, 2012. The volcano previously erupted in August this year, the first time in more than a century.
The Associated Press reports — A New Zealand volcano erupted with a brief blast of dark ash Wednesday, canceling flights but causing no significant damage. Schoolchildren and dozens of other hikers who were walking on trails along the mountain's base were safe.
The eruption of Mount Tongariro, its second in less than four months, sent a dark ash plume about 1.9 miles into the sky. Authorities issued a no-fly alert above the mountain located in the sparsely populated area of central North Island.
Tongariro National Park, which has three active volcanoes, was the backdrop for many scenes in "The Lord of the Rings" movies. Read the full story.
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Park visitors were evacuated and flights were cancelled near New Zealand's Mount Tongariro after the volcano erupted without warning. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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That blows...
Run little hobbits, run!!!!
Opps! Sorry they all died!
Spectacular image....
Now there's some greenhouse gasses..
Sauron has returned....
Please select the correct answer.
Correct answer is? _____
Answers will vary depending on reader. Tin foil hatters will select 1 or 4 and Tea party members will select 2.
Normal people will go for 3.
You're just guessing aren't you?
5. Sauron has retrieved his one ring.
It was the Borg.
None of the above. It is Okeeboy,s intolerance of anything that does not agree with him. Please go back to the basement before your mom gets home.
the correct answer is 3. He is right
Okay, here's a dissociating vision of mine (dissociating visions are normally false). It's a warmup for December 21, 2012. BTW, I don't use tinfoil, I use aluminum foil instead. What is happening is the earth's solid core is heating up resulting in the liquid magma heating up also. This is the reason for earth groanings and booms for example, the mantle is fragmenting allowing volcanoes to erupt more easily and earthquakes to occur. Eventually the crust will pop open in many areas resulting in mass oozings of magma and we're all gonna die from it.
You also forgot the option to blame "the gays" . . . or do they just control hurricanes? I don't watch Fox News enough to keep up with the latest gay-powers.
Ash happens.
but what if i want to pick all of the above?
Is this the cause of global warming? More carbon spewed into the atmosphere in a single event than all the auto emissions combined.
I'm not sure that no activity for over a century followed by two eruptions in four months qualifies as a "regular nature event". I'm just saying....
What nothing happen on Dec 21, 2012. A other false prophet! Jesus said "Then many false prophets will appear and fool many people. -Matt 24:11 (Today's English Ver) "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many." (The Gideons) You People been deceive all ready by false prophet. With SDA, JW's. Read Deut 18:21-22
"...that prophet shall die." - Deut 18:20
lmao how right you are!
What surprises me is that it is in a park. I think I would reccomened closing it for just a few weeks?
Don't get upset by peoples' criticism Okeeboy, You're right on. I was about to make a comment on here about how someone was going to say this was caused by global warming, just like they did about Hurricane Sandy. Its a regular nature event, New Zeeland has a great deal of volcanic activity. As for you Tea Partiers (by the way I'm NOT a liberal before you start playing that card) I could have said that this eruption was caused by Liz Cheney letting a rip out of her fat ass. If she was on vaction to New Zeeland then that could very well have been a likely cause.
frances - You ever hear of Volcanoes National Park on the Big island of Hawaii, IT'S a bunch of volcanoes in a park and you can stand 100' from the lave flowing into the ocean. Pretty spectacular.
Frodo did it.
The Ring is destroyed! Sauron is dead! Everything's cool now!
Ready? Here we go with the Lord of the Rings Jokes:
Oh look, they have a cave troll.
Gollum put the ring on his weiner.
Geronimo - Holy Crap, that was the funniest thing I've read for quite a while. Thank you for the lightheartedness it's good to have a good laugh in this day and age. Again, Thank You and have a nice Thanksgiving. :)
@whattheflyinfudge? > i think its "old toby" or "Toaby". anyways. this makes me smile that there is still humor out there. Lord of the rings references makes the world go round. I figured that we should start looking for the elves and where they have gone because we have another battle for middle earth coming!!! Sauron is back. guess frodo is going to have start walking again.
That was a great comment. Thanks for the laugh Geronimo
Mount Doom !! Time to forge another ring...
It's not going to be a star and not get paid AGAIN. It's Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore!
"In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie."
Lord Sauron is baaaaack...
Smaug just found out his golden cup is missing
Which level of Mordor is this park?
I think the Balrog wants out...
The ash cloud on the left looks like an orc...
You're all dorks- Star Trek Rules!!!!
Thats near Sweden, right?
you shall not pass!
Cracked totally called it!
Al Gores carbon footprint!
There goes Mount Doom (again!)
I reckon there will be a slight rewrite, to introduce the newest charecter
I reckon there will be a slight rewrite, to introduce the newest charecter
It only erupted because Chuck Norris commanded it to
Yes, this eruption clearly a residual effect of his latest round house kick.
Proof possitive, glogal warming does exist!!! Hah, got ya on that one!!!
Haha. Bless you, DfromSpencer. You have identified a natural phenomenon more dark, dangerous and insidious than global warming, something befitting the weirdness and otherworldliness of Middle Earth. You have discovered: glogal warming
Achievement Unlocked!
Gandalf finally reached the end of his long fall! Love the fans' hearty comments on the possible cause of this eruption! Middle Earth Still Rules!
I'm waiting for all that doomie-gloomie stuff. I'm pretty sure the religious zealots will crawl out from under their respective rocks to point sykward and claim that the Earth is coming to an end, total BS. They will NEVER accept the fact that the Earth is a dynamic, living environment that has to blow off a little steam occasionally. Shake off the little gremlins crawling all over its skin. I know I would if I had to sit there for Century after Century, letting people crawl all over my flanks, look into my chasm, see if I was sleeping or just taking a nap. As for the Hobbits and Elves, well, the place is gonna get a bit warm. Kick back and enjoy the show. Have a shot of Coconut water, a slab-o-lamb and keep the camera's rolling. There has to be some useful footage occuring there. One more thing, it ISN'T god. It's Geology & Plate Tectonics. It's called "Science".
No, but with cooky political/religious comments like yours and we may all be doomed...
It's such a relief that you aren't at all judgmental, self-righteous, displaying any form of prejudice, or prone to mocking and making generalizations about billions of your fellow human beings. Oh, wait....
the answer is all of the above
mt dooom belching after digesting Smeagol