If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.
-Lee Trevino, golfer who actually has been struck by lightning.
Today's astronomy picture of the day is absolutely gorgeous.
Volcanoes in the South Sea: If you want to get up close to an actively erupting volcano and see red hot glowing lava, the exotic islands of Vanuatu give you the highest chances of seeing both a boiling lava lake (on Ambrym volcano) and the fireworks of Strombolian explosions from Yasur´s active craters!
A series of photos of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption, which erupted in Iceland last April, have been voted as some of the Best News Pictures of 2010 by National Geographic readers.
The final part of Etna Week, brought to us by guest blogger Dr. Boris Behncke. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 as well!
Etna Volcanic hazards
By guest blogger Dr. Boris Behncke.
"Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity." -Joseph Addison
One of the most brilliant phenomena found in our atmosphere is that of a lightning strike.
Shown below in breathtaking slow-motion, somewhere on the order of 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons are exchanged in a single bolt between the clouds and the Earth's surface.