Vikingsson on February 27th, 2010

The loud mouthed pundits and self proclaimed experts in denying everything but their own carved in stone opinions were out in full chorus since the big snowstorms. Somehow it occurred to them that snow or cold weather in winter equals more proof that climate change is a hoax. Clever is that they proclaim a desire [...]

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Photo Flickr on January 10th, 2007

Halastjarnar McNaught / Comet McNaught Original photo by Hrεiδar. This picture was taken yesterday in Reykjavík Iceland, by pure luck and good karma I saw the same thing tonight near Toronto Canada. (click the pic for the original flickr pic). I wish I had my camera with me. I saw it almost by accident since [...]

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Vikingsson on December 7th, 2006

One of the most amazing (imho) natural phenomenon on this planet is a sub glacial volcano. That is, a volcano beneath a glacier. I’m surprised that I hardly knew anything about them until recently. Underneath most of the glaciers in Iceland are volcanoes. When they erupt they melt ice from the bottom and if the [...]

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