Emancipated
Sep 27th, 2005, 09:53 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4285878.stm
Gas, in the form of CO2 guilefully hidden in these serene mountain ranges in Cameroon have erupted twice in recent history. It's also in stuff of history legends about how dinosaurs died in the past. Fast and furious release of CO2 engulfing the atmosphere, and death via asphyxiation.
Cool and deadly, at the same time.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/sci_nat_enl_1127817614/img/1.jpg
Lake Nyos in normal conditions (left) and just after the 1986 gas release (right). The sudden welling up of carbon dioxide from the bottom of the lake brought iron to the surface, which oxidised, creating the brown rust colour.
Gas, in the form of CO2 guilefully hidden in these serene mountain ranges in Cameroon have erupted twice in recent history. It's also in stuff of history legends about how dinosaurs died in the past. Fast and furious release of CO2 engulfing the atmosphere, and death via asphyxiation.
Cool and deadly, at the same time.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/sci_nat_enl_1127817614/img/1.jpg
Lake Nyos in normal conditions (left) and just after the 1986 gas release (right). The sudden welling up of carbon dioxide from the bottom of the lake brought iron to the surface, which oxidised, creating the brown rust colour.