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Mapping a Monster Volcano

Posted by timothy on from the shhh-it's-sleeping dept.

bmahersciwriter (2955569) writes In one of the biggest-ever seismology deployments at an active volcano, researchers are peppering Mount St Helens in Washington state with equipment to study the intricate system of chambers and pipes that fed the most devastating eruption in U.S. history. This month, they plan to set off 24 explosions — each equivalent to a magnitude-2 earthquake — around around the slumbering beast in an effort to map the its interior with unprecedented depth and clarity.

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  1. Re:And this doesn't seem like a bad idea? by CaptainLard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh No! All of those volcano researchers and their peers/collaborators probably haven't considered what could happen when the charges go off. Some doofus from the internet better warn them via posting on a random message board!!!

  2. Re:And this doesn't seem like a bad idea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    No worries, it's actually a secret plot by the Scientologists to release Xenu.