Hvis en fissure skjer i fjellet under parken, alle innen 600 miles bør være forberedt på en plutselig vindkast. Det kan ikke være forløperen quakes før en vindkast på Yellowstone Supervolcano. Hvis det fullt blåser, vil det ikke være noe liv i 600 miles, unntatt for de personer som har utarbeidet et sted under bakken. Dust masker ville også være en nessessity. Selv fly innen området kan bli blåst ut av himmelen i henhold til Larry Park, et jordskjelv forsker. Hvis Supervolcano blåser, vil det føre til en umiddelbar kjernefysisk vinter i skitt og aske i luften over hele verden for 2 år. Han har også uttalt at det vil være noen avlinger vokst i Midwest USA for samme periode.

Larry Parks advarer om at folk innen det 600 miles bør gjøre forberedelser for å overleve mulige vindkast. Det er en bulge over 100 meter høy i bunnen av Yellowstone Lake. Arealet under den nordlige enden av innsjøen i nærheten av Mary Bay har en bulge som kunne ha blitt dannet av karbondioksid eller damp. The bulge, som er om lag 2100 meter lang, har blitt dannet bare i løpet av de siste årene. "Vi tenker denne strukturen kan bli en forløper til en hydrothermal eksplosiv hendelse" Parks forklart. Eksplosjonen ville sende ash, støv og svovel dioxide inn i atmosfæren, som reflekterer solens stråler og skape en kald bølge som varer i flere år. Avlinger i mange områder ville mislykkes, og mange arter av dyr og planter ville møte extinction. Det siste utbrudd skutt en kolonne av vulkansk aske og gasser høy i jordas stratosfæren. Dette volcanic cloud sirkel verden mange ganger og påvirket jordens klima ved å redusere intensiteten av solens stråler nådd den nedre atmosfæren og overflaten. Fine vulkansk aske som falt downwind fra utbrudd nettstedet blanketed mye av Nord-Amerika.
Dette ash laget er fortsatt bevart på innskudd så langt unna som Iowa, der det er noen få inches tykke, og Gulf of Mexico, hvor det er gjenkjennelig i bore kjerneprøver fra sjøbunnen. Lava flyter har siden gjemt og tåkela det meste av Caldera, men den underliggende prosesser ansvarlig for Yellowstone's store vulkanske utbrudd er fortsatt i arbeid. Disse supervolcanoes skje over "hot spots" i jorden, og de kan bryte ut forårsaker katastrofale eksplosjoner, sender hundrevis til tusenvis av cubic kilometer ash inn i atmosfæren, og wreaking klimatiske ødeleggelse på en global skala. Som plume av varmt, flytende rock økning i jorden, det smelter jordskorpen og skaper store magma kammer. Disse magmas vanligvis bryte ut i et svært katastrofal måte. Til sammenligning utbruddet av Mount St. Helens sendt om to cubic kilometer av ask i atmosfæren. Disse katastrofale typer utbrudd sende tusenvis av cubic kilometer ash skyward.

The hot spot dypt under Yellowstone fungerer som en brenner. Det er en konstant kilde til varme som fungerer på den øvre jordskorpen og danner magma kammer som inneholder titusenvis av cubic kilometer av smeltet stein. Slike utbrudd ville forstyrre globale klimaet ved å injisere millioner tonn aske i atmosfæren. Noen av ask vil forbli i atmosfæren i år, reflekterer sollys tilbake til verdensrommet og kul planeten, i betydelig grad påvirker livet. I tillegg, et teppe av aske over en meter tykk ville bli satt i regioner innenfor 600 miles, og effektivt smother liv der.

Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona (Eagles fans, I know you feel me)

with ‘Take it Easy’ spilling into the street from the Eagles/Winslow memorabilia shop and a bronze statue stealing the thunder.

Lava floes in Sunset Crater National Park;

I had never walked on lava before, that I recall. It is not so enjoyable because I worried about falling on the vicious looking edges more than I enjoyed the ‘invigorating’ hike.

Gorgeous, though.

The Wupatki National Monument, just outside Flagstaff, AZ.

In one of the warmest and driest places on the Colorado plateau, a complex society was established in the 1100s despite all improbability of success. I have seen several ancient pueblo ruins now, and this was the most fascinating, the most impressive to me. Structures like the tower and ceremonial ballcourt are still discernible and this marks the place where several migrating clans merged. It also had a comprehensive trail guide (free!) with pictures!

SELIGMAN

Seligman is essentially where Historic Route 66 began and it gets the spirit award hands down. Legendary barber Angel Delgadillo began lobbying for historic status as the recently bypassed Seligman began going the way of ghost towns all along Old 66. He helped create the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona April 23, 1988, the first historic 66 association, and the other states followed suit. Today the town has no holes barred in terms of décor, with an amazing amount of loudly attired mannequins, route 66 signs, any road signs and 50s advertisements. It is clear that the Cars film crew passed through here as well!

Oh, and THOUSANDS of business cards of travelers around the world who have passed through. Angel still does cuts for $15 a pop when he’s not busy joking with the travelers- the barber shop doubles as the ultimate souvenir shop and the visitor’s center. Down the street is the Snow Cap Ice cream shop (landscaped most wonderfully with a tribute garden to their father Juan, Angel’s brother), run by Angel’s nephews—the funniest people I have seen so far. There was a huge Russian tourist group in Seligman when I was there, so we are all crammed in this narrow breezeway (completely wallpapered with business cards) where you order your $2 ice cream cone while the brothers provided the entertainment with joke mustard bottles, and quick wit. One kept holding out variously broken cones and asking, ‘oh, did you want a whole cone?’, which -with their positively jovial faces- never stopped being funny. At least, it was equally funny all 5 times I heard it.

Submorphics and Stunna came over and we did a little preparty and then headed to Lava. I was surprised by Lava, there were people there actually dancing and they weren't crazy weirdos, it was just people having fun. Really nice vibe and awesome music. I danced a whole bunch. Both Whoa-B and Stunna really threw down. Stunna played a hot number from good old Will Miles that was just banging. I guess it's a Talkbox Remix that he did. Don't really have any other info on but just know it's a hot one! ;)

Heard some jammers yesterday. No samples. :(

Dj Clart - City of Men

Paul SG & Pouya - Standing Alone (Paul SG is seriously one of my faves right now. I love all the stuff he's doing!)

Stunna & Amaning - Landslide (I had actually heard this tune before and meant to write on it but, surprise surprise, I forgot. LOL. I think Stunna and Amanning just make a really good team. Their collabos are always slamming.)

Yesterday Stunna started his Bassdrive show with Commix's Hung Up. Man, what a great tune. It made me think of this Commix mix from when they were on Fabio's show last year. It's a mini mix of some of the tunes they chose not to put on the album and it's seriously amazing. Just beautiful drum n bass. There's no tracklist cuz they didn't even really say the names of the tracks.

Laters

Commix - Mini Mix On Radio 1 w/ Fabio

It was inexplicably wonderful to vacation in Maui with a big group of family and friends -- we pretty much took over the resort! We couldn't walk from one end to the other without running into at least a handful of people we know -- but we were glad that we opted to honeymoon on another island altogether. The sheer exhaustion of all that socializing (and almost two years of, for me, planning, and for Rob, worrying) hit us like a ton of bricks, which seemed apropos given that we were vacationing on an island completely covered in rock.

With several active volcanoes spotting the terrain, the Big Island feels more like the moon than a tropical paradise. You can drive for an hour and scarcely see another soul, let alone a shrub. A thin haze (or vog, as they insist on calling it) hangs in the air, giving the days a dreamlike quality and making the nights almost frighteningly dark. And there is lava everywhere.

The landscape is absolutely breathtaking and unlike anything I have ever seen. I'm not one to cry at a pretty sunset, but something about setting foot on earth that was only just created 20 years ago gives me goosebumps. It feels like the end of the world, and the beginning, all at the same time.

On a drive through Kilauea national park, home of the most active volcano, the road comes to an abrupt stop because, just several dozen years ago, lava flowed over it. How ridiculous is that?

The whole "active volcano" thing made Rob a bit nervous. Here he is on our way up the mountain, preparing to put the top back on our sweet white Chrysler Sebring convertible, when the weather abruptly changed.

And here he is as we passed a sign that warned us to roll up our windows, as the emissions from the volcano contained sulphur and were unsafe to breathe. I, of course, insisted on rolling them back down to take a picture.

Rob was having none of it.

The entire vacation, he worried that the volcano was about to erupt and we'd all be swept into the ocean to our certain deaths. I made fun of him, naturally. They can predict when the volcano is going to erupt, they wouldn't let tourists in dangerous places, this is America, blah blah blah.

But no sooner do we get home than the the Big Island's name was splashed across headlines:

Huge Fountain of Lava Gushes From Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
Kilauea volcano magma meets ocean with 100-foot lava burst
Scientists scratch heads at unpredicted eruption, should have listened to paranoid tourist

Yes, that's right. Our honeymoon spot was ablaze.

The flight home was obscene. Do not, under any circumstances, fly United Airlines to Hawaii. Here is Rob, in the teeny-tiny, seven-gate, outdoor, cockroach-infested, Greyhound-station-esque airport, on hour three of our 30-hour delay, making the most of the mandatory down-time by billing some hours.

And here I am, on hour 29.

Caption: I hate it

Finally, for what amounted to (or at least felt like) three days without sleep, we were back in Chicago. And just in the nick of time for wedding numbers two and three!

That's a skylight, which is essentially a hole with a view into a lava tube. Here's a close up.

It's hard to discern in this picture, but there was a veritable river of lava rushing past. The bright orange at the center is, in fact, lava. The area surrounding the tube is all flow that has issued within the last day or so.

That wasn't enough lava for us, however. We continued hiking across the flow field until we found an active surface flow. That's when things turned violent...for the lava, that is.

Hey, I had to attack it with a hammer before it attacked me, right? In actuality, this is how we collect samples from slow-moving surface flows. After you use the rock hammer to grab some lava, you toss it in a bucket with some water to quench it and make it safe to handle.

That picture is unfortunately a bit blurry, but it demonstrates the elasticity of the molten lava. The lava that I'm up close and personal with in these pictures is approximately 1000 degrees Celsius. That translates to 1832 degrees Fahrenheit for those of us from the United States. The extreme heat radiating from the flow is the reason I'm wearing those silver gloves and the stylish balaclava. I have my hand up to my eyes to shield them from the heat as well. It was like nothing I've ever felt before. Every atom of my body was enveloped by the invisible heat waves from that molten rock. Incredible.

This shot gives a better perspective of the shapes a pahoehoe flow can take.

I decided that the lava was ready for its close up.

After the necessary sample was safely quenched and packed away for later analysis, we hiked back across the flow field in order to map the newest surface flow with potential to threaten people. We used GPS to map it, and then headed into the forested kipuka. I probably ought to mention that the lava had was flowing through the kipuka and burning the forest.

The lava was setting fire to everything in its reach, and the flames were travelling up downed tree branches and grasses. Small methane explosions were nearly constant, so we couldn't get too close to the kipuka flows. This begs the question of what to do when you encounter a lava flow that is in the process of burning a forest. Well, I am happy to report that I have the answer.

Why, you poke it with a stick of course! Nothing teaches unruly lava to behave quite like jabbing it with a stick.

I think it's safe to say that this was one of the greatest days of my life.

Here's a lava pool on Kilauea's flank called the Thanksgiving Eve Breakout (TEB) vent.

Here's a flow issuing from TEB.

Bear in mind that these aren't my photos, but rather pictures taken by one of our geologists on a helicopter overflight. I'll have a much different perspective tomorrow...up close and personal, I hope!

when the mountains
begin
to stand tall
and grow families
and a two story home
subs for skyscraper heights
and when SUV windows
suck my hair
in the wind
everything
everywhere
has a bit more
beauty

and when a red dirt road
eats
a paved painted highway
at ninety miles an hour
with music loud
and windows down
and a bump for every beat
and I see, to my right
a homemade graveyard
crooked stones, sienna mud
rain cracking in the sun
and everything
everywhere
seems a little less grave

and when my flip flops
maybe “slippers”
crunch the dead grass
and a wild dog greeting
is feeding at my feet
and Dusty and friends spill
from their
solar powered shack
in straw hats

and ocean bathed lips
kiss hello
on cheeks surprised
and everything
everywhere seems
a lot more
surreal

and when I hear
the dogs had puppies
ten, now seven
three are gone
and I ask why
to the reply that maybe
this guy
Wild Bill
had maybe handled
them too hard
and to the right I see
his truck
army style, single star
full of guns and talent
where his skinny
Veteran
body
lives and sleeps
and paints
and camps
and paints
and hides from guests
on land outside
and suddenly everything
everywhere
seems a lot
more wild

and when I walk
the creaky stairs
stepping over wild cats
through a doorless entry
welcome
into wooden tiny rooms
so packed
and in the back, she stares
from canvas brushed to life
four hundred dollars of Pele
with volcanic angry eyes
and on the right, his newest piece
with two surfers
three seconds from swallowed
petrified
but alive
from worn in
wild hands
and in that room
in the back
of the shack, six eyes stare
and I stand
and they glare
and slowly everything
everywhere
it’s starting to
erupt

and when I try to
comprehend
Wild Bill
and Dusty’s home
and when I spin around
and breathe the air
and learn it like a sponge
and when I try to wrap
my mind around
this place so far
from home, I know
there’s more
onshore
this lava land
than Honolulu knows.

For video on hiking to see the flowing lava, please go here.

Halema`uma`u appears laid back but . . .

In contrast to the spectacular incandescent explosions and springtime spatter showers at the Halema`uma`u Overlook in March and April, the eruptive vent at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano seems to have adopted a laid-back summer attitude, with a steady plume rising from a dull glowing hole at the base of the southeast wall of the crater.

The 40-meter-wide (120-feet-wide) opening of this still-fuming chimney provides a partial view into the bright abyss beneath the crater wall that broadcasts the clatter of frequent wall-rock collapses and extends to depths within earshot of splashing and sloshing magma.

During the spring 2008 eruptive period, this hot, gargling vent coughed up an interesting mélange of "pyroclasts" - rocks, dust, and gravel from the collapsed crater floor and conduit walls, mixed with a small portion of bombs, spatter, Pele's hair, and tears that were molten or near-molten when erupted. (The latter fragments are referred to as "juveniles" in volcano parlance because they are first-timers at the earth's surface.)

Pyroclasts can tell us the conditions of their formation. For example, we know that the Pele's hair, tears, pumice, and glassy spatter are identical in composition to the hottest Kīlauea lavas recently erupted along the east rift zone. The composition of the gases from Pu`u `Ō `ō and Halema`uma`u are also similar to each other, showing that, after nearly 25 years of near-continuous volcanic eruption, magma pathways throughout Kīlauea's shallow volcanic edifice are full of new magma from depth.

Subtle clues as to whether the summit eruption will either cease or perhaps become ominously hazardous could be found through further study of the pyroclasts. We have found that a sordid lot of pumice-like glass fragments were, prior to their springtime expulsion from the vent, baked in a fumarole on the sides of the conduit, in a fashion akin to creosote build-up in a stove pipe. Collectively these and similarly recycled material are evidence for subterranean build-up of debris-talus and spatter deposits within the eruption conduit.

Close examination of spatter and large lava droplets (lapilli) reveals dense, relatively cool crystal-mush clots contained within hotter bubbly lava. This is a clear sign that cooler magma was disrupted by hot, effervescing magma prior to eruption.

For the past two months, there has been a scarcity of unquestionably fresh glassy material from Halema`uma`u. The plume is only lightly ash-laden, and newly formed glassy particles that are presently being erupted cannot be readily distinguished from previously erupted material plucked off the ground by strong winds.

Steady summit gas emissions and the small quantity of Pele's hair and tears being erupted indicates that summit magma may have temporarily receded or may no longer be as well-connected to the atmosphere. The Halema`uma`u chimney may be partially sealed by a mix of collapsed wall rocks and choked by recent deposits of lava spatter, pumice, bombs and ash. If magma stops moving within the conduit, it will cool and thicken into a partially molten plug resembling the springtime chunks of relatively cool crystal-mush.

The longer that plug cools, the more likely this recent period of summit activity will slowly come to a close. It is most likely that a balance will persist. A lava plug beneath a subterranean pile of talus and spatter would provide little resistance but plenty of explosion fodder for the next time fresh, hot magma rises beneath the Halema'uma'u Overlook and gas pressure builds up!

Activity update

Kīlauea Volcano continues to be active. A vent in Halema`uma`u Crater is erupting elevated amounts of sulfur dioxide gas and very small amounts of ash. Resulting high concentrations of sulfur dioxide in downwind air have closed the south part of Kīlauea caldera and produced occasional air quality alerts in more distant areas, such as Pahala and communities adjacent to Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, during kona wind periods.

Pu`u `Ō`ō continues to produce sulfur dioxide at even higher rates than the vent in Halema`uma`u Crater. Trade winds tend to pool these emissions along the West Hawai`i coast. Kona winds blow these emissions into communities to the north, such as Mountain View, Volcano, and Hilo. Incandescence continues to be observed at night inside Pu`u `Ō`ō and suggests minor activity from vents within the crater. There was a small explosion within the crater that deposited small rocks around the east rim of the cone; seismic and tilt data suggest that this occurred on the evening of July 26.

Lava continues to erupt from fissure D of the July 21, 2007, eruption but no breakouts have been observed in the past week on or above the pali. Lava, however, continues to flow through what remains of Royal Gardens and across the coastal plain to the ocean in a well-established lava tube, active now for several months. Minor-to-moderate explosive activity continues at the Waikupanaha ocean entry, and there have been a few new breakouts immediately inland from the delta. A small (2.5 acre) delta collapse that probably occurred between 5 and 6 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, scattered large rocks up to 100 meters (yards) inland from the collapse scar.

Be aware that lava deltas could collapse at any time, potentially generating large explosions, as happened this past week. This may be especially true during times of rapidly changing lava supply conditions, as have been seen lately. Do not venture onto the lava deltas. Even the intervening beaches are susceptible to large waves generated during delta collapse; avoid these beaches. In addition, steam plumes rising from ocean entries are highly acidic and laced with glass particles. Check Civil Defense Web site (http://www.lavainfo.us) or call 961-8093 for viewing hours.

Mauna Loa is not erupting. Three earthquakes were located beneath the summit this past week. Continuing extension between locations spanning the summit indicates slow inflation of the volcano.

Two earthquakes beneath Hawai`i Island were reported felt within the past week. A magnitude-2.4 earthquake occurred at 00:55 a.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2008, H.s.t., and was located 2 km (1 mile) southwest of Kilauea summit at a depth of 2 km (1 mile). A magnitude-2.7 earthquake occurred at 12:20 p.m. on Monday, July 28, and was located 7 km (4 miles) southeast of Ho`okena at a depth of 14 km (9 miles).

Visit our Web site (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov) for daily Kīlauea eruption updates, a summary of volcanic events over the past year, and nearly real-time Hawai`i earthquake information. Kīlauea daily update summaries are also available by phone at (808) 967-8862. Questions can be emailed to askHVO@usgs.gov.

For more information on visiting Hawaii in general, or touring the Big Island in particular, please visit www.tourguidehawaii.com and www.tourguidehawaii.blogspot.com.

A fun one made using the Fractal Noise filter in After Effects. Fractal type: Max.

Blue and blobby. Kind of has a blue lava lamp feel to it.

As always, fully animated loopable background available here.

This work by OCEntertainment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Un poema de Neruda que siempre me ha identificado. Un poema desesperado que en mi voz cobra mucho sentido.

Llénate de mí.
Ansíame, agótame, viérteme, sacrifícame.
Pídeme. Recógeme, contiéneme, ocúltame.
Quiero ser de alguien, quiero ser tuyo, es tu hora,
Soy el que pasó saltando sobre las cosas,
el fugante, el doliente.

Pero siento tu hora,
la hora de que mi vida gotee sobre tu alma,
la hora de las ternuras que no derramé nunca,
la hora de los silencios que no tienen palabras,
tu hora, alba de sangre que me nutrió de angustias,
tu hora, medianoche que me fue solitaria.

Libértame de mí. Quiero salir de mi alma.
Yo soy esto que gime, esto que arde, esto que sufre.
Yo soy esto que ataca, esto que aúlla, esto que canta.
No, no quiero ser esto.
Ayúdame a romper estas puertas inmensas.
Con tus hombros de seda desentierra estas anclas.
Así crucificaron mi dolor una tarde.

Quiero no tener límites y alzarme hacia aquel astro.
Mi corazón no debe callar hoy o mañana.
Debe participar de lo que toca,
debe ser de metales, de raíces, de alas.
No puedo ser la piedra que se alza y que no vuelve,
no puedo ser la sombra que se deshace y pasa.
No, no puede ser, no puede ser, no puede ser.
Entonces gritaría, lloraría, gemiría.

No puede ser, no puede ser.
¿Quién iba a romper esta vibración de mis alas?
¿Quién iba a exterminarme? ¿Qué designio, qué palabra?
No puede ser, no puede ser, no puede ser.
Libértame de mí. Quiero salir de mi alma.

Porque tú eres mi ruta. Te forjé en lucha viva.
De mi pelea oscura contra mí mismo, fuiste.
Tienes de mí ese sello de avidez no saciada.
Desde que yo los miro tus ojos son más tristes.
Vamos juntos. Rompamos este camino juntos.
Ser la ruta tuya. Pasa. Déjame irme.
Ansíame, agótame, viérteme, sacrifícame.
Haz tambalear los cercos de mis últimos límites.

Y que yo pueda, al fin, correr en fuga loca,
inundando las tierras como un río terrible,
desatando estos nudos, ah, Dios mío, estos nudos,
destrozando,
quemando,
arrasando
como una lava loca lo que existe,
correr fuera de mí mismo, perdidamente,
libre de mí. Curiosamente libre.
¡Irme, Dios mío, irme!

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Also I Am One of the 20% of People who have The .. Clubhouse!

I was just in there and there were 1 Manatee (fatty) and 2 Goldfish!! (Fishy Wishy and Bubbles)

I Traded With All of them, But they didnt like my items B/c i have the clubhouse on my Small account.

I Dont have My Page on either Account either. But my Sister Does. (Lucky!)

Anyway. Ill Have a comment contest!

Comment 50 PSF of choice!

#100 Dog Gym

#200 Cat Chair

#300 Whacky Plushie

#4,739 Blue Lava! LOL Just Trying To Get some posts!

Tell your Friends!

Flowing forms invite you to relax in different sitting and reclining positions on several levels. The vertical variance reaches down to the floor: soft, upholstered mats transform even this surface into part of the furniture. Further, constantly new forms and figures emerge by moving the backrests horizontally. Lava is furniture, landscape and sculpture. Unusual in its uses, unique in its design.

Esantioanele de lava au fost aduse din Insula Tenerife, de la vulcanul Teide (detalii aici).

These pieces of lava were collected on the dormant volcano, Mt. Teide in Tenerife.

Thanks Pat! :)

The photos can be used provided the source is acknowledged.

A Sherbert Bunny PSI!! You can place your bids NOW!.

we also have a Whacky 600 trophy and a zingoz plush from the zingo fest!!

We love lava lamps, Most exclusives and PSI's. We would also love Pet codes!!

Thanks for Bidding!

Ognuno deve poter vivere del proprio lavoro: questo è il principio enunciato. Da questo discende che la condizione per poter vivere è il lavoro, e che non esiste il diritto di vivere se non si adempie a tale condizione.

JOHANN G. FICHTE, Fondamenti del diritto naturale secondo i princìpi della dottrina della scienza, 1797

Un cadavere domina la società: il cadavere del lavoro. Tutte le potenze del pianeta si sono alleate per difendere questo dominio: il Papa e la Banca mondiale, Tony Blair e Joerg Haider, D'Alema e Berlusconi, sindacati e imprenditori, ecologisti tedeschi e socialisti francesi. Tutti costoro conoscono soltanto una parola d'ordine: lavoro, lavoro, lavoro!
Chi non ha ancora del tutto disimparato a pensare, si rende facilmente conto che questa posizione è del tutto infondata. Infatti la società dominata dal lavoro non sta vivendo una crisi passeggera, ma si scontra con i suoi limiti assoluti. In seguito alla rivoluzione microelettronica, la produzione di ricchezza si è sempre più separata dall'utilizzo di forza-lavoro umana in una misura che fino a pochi decenni fa era immaginabile soltanto nei romanzi di fantascienza. Nessuno può seriamente affermare che questo processo possa fermarsi o addirittura essere invertito. La vendita della merce «forza-lavoro» nel XXI secolo sarà tanto ricca di prospettive quanto nel XX la vendita di diligenze. Ma chi in questa società non riesce a vendere la sua forza-lavoro è considerato «superfluo» e finisce nelle discariche sociali.

...il testo integrale dal sito del gruppo krisis

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Gruppo Krisis: Robert Kurz, Ernst Lohoff, Norbert Trenkle, Manifesto contro il lavoro, DeriveApprodi, 2003 (traduzioni di Simone Cerea, Anselm Jappe, Giancarlo Rossi)

Aloha, I'm Donnie MacGowan--I live in the County of Hawaii, on the Island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii...I just spent the last few days camped out at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park watching Kilauea Volcano erupt and I wanted to share some of the footage I shot.

When I was a college student back in the mid 1970's, I took a geology class just for kicks. One morning the professor burst in late and said “You guys have GOT to see this film—my friend in Hawaii just sent it to me…this is happening right now!” He loaded up the projector and showed us this film of a brand new eruption on Mauna Ulu in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park--that film changed my life. I declared myself a Geosciences major on the spot and even went on to earn a PhD. in Geochemistry. Although ultimately I did not pursue Volcanology as a discipline, my love affair with volcanoes as an avocation, and my spiritual connection to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, has never waned.

Visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park right now are being treated to a rare event. Kilauea Volcano is erupting in two places simultaneously! Up in the summit caldera, in Hale ma'uma'u Crater, a vent exploded open last March that has continued to thrill visitors with its billowing steam cloud and night-time glow. If this were the only volcano you were ever going to see, this would plenty spectacular. Current eruption activity updates are available from the National Park at 808.985.6000.

But hold on! The real action is down at the coast where lava from the East Rift Zone has broken out of lava tubes, flows across the open ground and into the sea. From the air, one can see the spectacular glow of a small lava lake in Pu'u O'o crater and from several breakouts along the 2007 Thanksgiving Eve Breakout tube system above the pali and near the top of Royal Gardens subdivision. Lava is currently flowing down the pali and entering the ocean at the Waikupanaha ocean entry where there are spectacular littoral explosions. Although this activity is usually quite vigorous, including a 10-15-m-high lava fountains, it can be sporadic on a day-to day basis.

Over the years, lava has mostly entered the ocean within the National Park boundaries. Park policy has been to allow tourists to approach flowing lava as closely as the visitor himself deemed safe. Surprisingly, a relatively small percentage of visitors were killed or maimed in this process and unparallel access to one of the great wonders of the world, the spectacle of the Earth remaking herself through volcanic eruption, was available on a very intimate basis to anyone who came to Hawaii. Every six or so years, for a period of several months, eruption flows go outside the park boundaries, as it is doing now.

The County of Hawaii, whose Civil Defense Department is responsible for visitor safety in these cases, is not so liberal in granting access to the lava flow. The county maintains a viewing area several hundred meters back from the actual flow and ocean entry areas and visitors are not allowed any closer. As of this writing, to see the lava flow one must find the County of Hawaii volcano viewing area. From the Hawaii Belt Road at Kea'au, proceed south on Highway 130 through Pahoa and toward the now-buried town of Kalapana. At the 20 mile marker the road splits; the right branch (helpfully marked "end of road") leads to a dirt-and-lava road a couple miles long at the end of which is the parking area for the County of Hawaii volcano viewing area. One really cannot miss the way during daylight hours, as the enormous explosion plume is clearly visible from miles away. The viewing area is open from 2 in the afternoon until 10 at night; no cars are allowed in after 8 p.m. Lava viewing and road information is available from the County of Hawaii at 808.961.8093.

A carnival atmosphere hovers over the parking lot, where several vendors hawk jewelry, t-shirts, drinks and snacks...port-a-potties are also available. The trail leading to the viewing area is largely flat but traverses a broken lava field. It is well marked with reflectors and reflective paint strips along the surface and is just a 15 to 20 minute stroll. The quality of viewing varies from week to week as the lava stream shifts nearer or farther from the viewing area, but seeing the orange glow of flowing lava, or the fiery red explosions, is one of the most amazing experiences a person can have, no matter how far from the flow one is.

It is hard to overstate the power, mystery and magic of this eruption, but upon occasion, transient local atmospheric phenomena such as waterspouts and lightning add even more spice to this already awe-inspiring spectacle. Other wonders abound here, too, if you look closely. The hardened lava over which you are walking contains numerous casts of logs, trees, coconuts and pandanas fruit. Lava viewing is best done at dusk and later, however, parking spaces fill up quickly on nice afternoons. I usually plan to arrive at the parking lot at about 3:30 or four then walk into the viewing area, spending the hours until dark reading, having a picnic and chatting with visitors who have come from all over the world to see this wonder. You should wear sturdy, close-toed walking shoes and a hat to shed rain and sun. The lava surface is sharp, so I recommend long pants and long-sleeved shirts, and a stout walking stick as well. Bring at least 2 liters of drinking water, snacks and perhaps a couple Band-Aids; definitely bring sun block. Because you are right on the ocean, short rain squalls should be expected; an umbrella and rain coat or poncho is suggested, as well as protective covering for camera gear.

If the wind shifts the explosion plume in your direction, discretion is the better part of valor; you should evacuate immediately. Those fume clouds are toxic, containing various gaseous sulphur compounds including sulphuric acid, as well as hydrochloric acid and fine particulate material. On this same topic, electronic and camera gear, as well as glasses, binoculars and other optics, will be exposed to a certain amount of these toxic gases and you should wipe them down thoroughly after your trip. Most people plan to stay on after dark and so you should bring a flashlight for each person in your group; be sure to check the batteries and bulb before you leave on the trip. Remember that food and gas are not always available after dark outside the immediate Hilo or Kailua Kona areas, so be sure to fill up your gas tank BEFORE you park, and to bring plenty to eat and drink along with you.

Viewing the lava is one of the most amazing, wondrous, moving experiences you can have, anywhere on earth. People stand in awe, openly weeping at the site of Mother Earth going through her rebirth. Each fiery explosion is met with a loud chorus of "OOOOOHS!" and "AHHHHHHS!" in a display that will make every subsequent Fourth of July fireworks spectacular seem pale by comparison. If you are coming to Hawaii, you must not miss this once-of-a-lifetime show...if you have never thought of Hawaii as a potential vacation spot, you should consider it simply for this rare, unique and entirely awe-inspiring, mystical, wondrous opportunity.

I'm Donald B. MacGowan--thank you for spending a little time with me and my volcano...aloha e a hui hou.

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