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Remote New Zealand Volcano Sees Dinosaur Alert?
Thanks to BoingBoing for pointing to a ChannelNewsAsia story discussing a 'dinosaur' sighting in webcam pictures of a remote New Zealand volcano. The latest live webcam picture shows the offending creature, with Geonet spokesperson John Callan saying: "Some wag has glued a [toy] pink dinosaur in front of our digital camera", even though "...most people do not go ashore on the uninhabited, rumbling" White Island, east of Auckland, where the webcam is located. Apparently, the dinosaur will stay for now, since authorities "are not planning on removing it, counting on the sulphur and high acid environment to deal to the creature."
Pink dinosaur grabs centre stage on remote New Zealand volcano
AUCKLAND : Scientists using a camera to monitor a remote New Zealand volcano over the Internet have struck an odd problem - a pink dinosaur.
New Zealand's Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) have installed a digital camera in the crater of the volcano which makes up most of White Island in the Bay of Plenty, east of Auckland.
The often active volcano draws tourists by boat but most people do not go ashore on the uninhabited, rumbling island.
To keep a close watch, GNS installed a digital camera on the island and post a shot taken every hour on their website.
But suddenly a pink dinosaur has appeared in the shot.
"Some wag has glued a pink dinosaur in front of our digital camera," GNS' John Callan said.
"A number of people have been emailing us asking what the dinosaur is all about."
They are not planning on removing it, counting on the sulphur and high acid environment to deal to the creature. - AFP
Barney has gone missing.
- "My name is Legion, for we are many" -Mark 5:9
eh, nevermind. on closer inspection it appears more real.
Well you can't prove what i am saying is false because it is posible and you have nothing to back up what you are saying in any way.
Ahh this got way out of hand...i got to go soon...too much computer is bad for my mental well being.anyway all i was saying that someone comprimizing the system was posible...seems more likely *to me personally* thats what happend...didnt say it was imposible for someone to actually to put a Dino up there.its not that big of a deal ..whatever happend...ill bazzar about this later to kill time :)