Comments on: How to: Lower tourists into a volcano http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gertrude Kaizav http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1467668 Gertrude Kaizav Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1467668 My language is not English and it's awesome to see things such as "ossm"! This is great! Ossm! My language is not English and it’s awesome to see things such as “ossm”! This is great! Ossm!

]]> By: Calladus http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1467522 Calladus Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1467522 So THIS is where the Thuggee cult worships the goddess Kali!  Isn't there a ritual where the living heart is pulled out of the sacrificial victim, which bursts into flames when the victim is lowered into the lava below?  So THIS is where the Thuggee cult worships the goddess Kali!  Isn’t there a ritual where the living heart is pulled out of the sacrificial victim, which bursts into flames when the victim is lowered into the lava below? 

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1466274 penguinchris Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1466274 I had never thought about the possibility of going inside a magma chamber. It looks exactly like I'd expect it to and some of the shots look a lot like standard geology textbook diagrams! If you're ever in Idaho I highly recommend Craters of the Moon National Monument, a lava field with explorable lava tubes and everything (and no time or health and safety restrictions, be careful). Probably not as good as in Hawaii (I haven't been there myself), and not as spectacular as this one in Iceland, but easier to get to for people in the continental US.  I had never thought about the possibility of going inside a magma chamber. It looks exactly like I’d expect it to and some of the shots look a lot like standard geology textbook diagrams!

If you’re ever in Idaho I highly recommend Craters of the Moon National Monument, a lava field with explorable lava tubes and everything (and no time or health and safety restrictions, be careful). Probably not as good as in Hawaii (I haven’t been there myself), and not as spectacular as this one in Iceland, but easier to get to for people in the continental US. 

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465928 Guest Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465928 deleted deleted

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465706 Ian Wood Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465706 You never can tell who's a virgin, can you? Despite the helmet and orange jacket, I wouldn't have suspected. You never can tell who’s a virgin, can you? Despite the helmet and orange jacket, I wouldn’t have suspected.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465626 Romeo Vitelli Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465626  Ask their lawyers...  Ask their lawyers…

]]> By: joeposts http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465614 joeposts Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465614 Also helps to keep the walls of the volcano nice and clean. Takes a crew a few hours with an asbestos squeegee, but it's an important part of planetary maintenance. Also helps to keep the walls of the volcano nice and clean. Takes a crew a few hours with an asbestos squeegee, but it’s an important part of planetary maintenance.

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465541 Mordicai Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465541 Answer: Cackle madly & whisper "yesss...yesss...." while doing so. Alternate answer: while chanting Latin  in dire tones. Answer: Cackle madly & whisper “yesss…yesss….” while doing so.
Alternate answer: while chanting Latin  in dire tones.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465532 semiotix Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465532 Thanks for this, but is there really a <i>wrong</i> way to lower tourists into a volcano? Thanks for this, but is there really a wrong way to lower tourists into a volcano?

]]> By: Meadhbh Octopodidae http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465520 Meadhbh Octopodidae Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465520 and to think, we've just been pushing our human sacrifices off the edge of the caldera all these years! i think madame pele prefers her offerings to be lowered gently. i mean, you want them to burn, not hit their heads on rocks. seriously though... this is pretty ossm. it's definitely on the list the next time i make it to iceland. and to think, we’ve just been pushing our human sacrifices off the edge of the caldera all these years! i think madame pele prefers her offerings to be lowered gently. i mean, you want them to burn, not hit their heads on rocks.

seriously though… this is pretty ossm. it’s definitely on the list the next time i make it to iceland.

]]> By: Sabocat http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/how-to-lower-tourists-into-a.html#comment-1465502 Sabocat Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168876#comment-1465502 THIS! Is why the volcano god is angry. THIS! Is why the volcano god is angry.

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