Strange Rare Phenomena Over Mt Ruapehu

Seeing this is a volcano I figure I'd file this under fragile Earth.

This is a phenomenal phenomenon to watch. Not sure how this is created. I mean, what causes the hole in a puff of smoke in the first place and what keeps it ascending in a ring formation without breaking up?

So many questions. So little time on Earth.



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Wow,

I used to live in NZ. I could see the volcano in the distance. Would have been cool to see that.

It's probably caused the same way you or I might blow a smoke ring- short, strong burst of smoke through a small opening...the mountain belched!

Same here:



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and here:

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BTW, already discussed here

A vortex ring. A smoke ring.
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Hahahahahahahaha smoke rings.

Should have got a camera and gave the world one more double rainbow video.

"What does it mean?"

Cool find S&F
Didn't anybody tell mother earth smoking is bad for you

Originally posted by DAZ21
Wow,

I used to live in NZ. I could see the volcano in the distance. Would have been cool to see that.

Was it active when you lived there? I had the impression (although I don't know why) that this volcano is newly active.
Correct me if I'm wrong please.

Thanks

Originally posted by Trillium
Cool find S&F
Didn't anybody tell mother earth smoking is bad for you

Most things that are good are bad.
It's the duality/polarity upon which we live (or so I've convinced myself anyway)

Originally posted by Wertdagf
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Hahahahahahahaha smoke rings.

Should have got a camera and gave the world one more double rainbow video.

"What does it mean?"

It's a volcano smoke ring all the way. Whoa. That's so intense. Whoa man. Wow.Whoa. Whoa. Whoooooooa ....

Whoops. Sorry. I got carried away That double-rainbow dude was infectious@

Originally posted by Phage
A vortex ring. A smoke ring.
Images

Yup. That's what it is alright. I THINK we all agree there's no conspiracy here Phage
But a day without Phage is like a day without debunk. Errrrrr.....I mean, sunshine

Originally posted by MzMorbid
It's probably caused the same way you or I might blow a smoke ring- short, strong burst of smoke through a small opening...the mountain belched!

Yeah I suppose. But when we do it, it's mechanical and deliberate. I mean, I am not arguing that this isn't accomplished in nature because obviously, it is. I just think it's awesomely rare.

Gave you a star my friend, and a flag, obviously natural as you say, but still a very impressive thing to see never seen a smoke ring from a volcano before so thanks for posting

Heres another

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This makes me wonder if it happens a lot more often than we realize.......seeing we only get to see it when someone has a camera on hand. Hmmmmmm.

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Cool, smoke rings.
I wonder if it can spit out a sailing ship like Gandolf did at Bilbos birthday party in The Lord of The Rings. !

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Speaking of rainbows. I usually see them in the east when the sun is getting low on the western horizon during a sun shower. On Sunday here in coastal Virginia it was partly cloudy, with whispy white clouds covering a good portion of the sky. At 3:00 or so looking west I saw a rainbow smudge on a cloud. Not a rainbow, no bow, no rain, just a smudge of a prism spread out over a cloud. I have never seen that before and in truth thought that you could only see a rainbow looking east. Not fantastic but it was interesting. Anyone else ever see something like this?

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That's really made me want a ciggarette. Haha.

But seriously thanks for finding this. I've always wanted to see a volcanic smoke ring. Tick, that's one less thing.

ALS

When I was there, over a few years ago it was very quiet, but I think it has been active for a while not sure.

It has erupted sometime in the past 15 years before though. Ash reached to where I lived.

Where is the evidence that it is Mt. Ruapehu?

either its very old ( last eruption was in 1996]

or its fake (some other volcano)

www.geonet.org.nz...