World's Largest Volcano Discovered

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LongBlade

September 06, 2013, 09:56:40 AM
It's 1000 miles east of Japan. Underwater, of course.

And - get this - it's as large as the state of New Mexico.

QuoteAn underwater volcano dubbed Tamu Massif was found some 1,000 miles east of Japan, says William Sager, a professor at the University of Houston, who led a team of scientists in the discovery.

The volcano is about the size of the state of New Mexico and is among the largest in the solar system, Sager says.

source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/world/biggest-volcano/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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September 06, 2013, 12:07:14 PM
Holy crap.  Talk about ginormous.  :o 

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September 06, 2013, 01:26:53 PM
I gotta wonder how we missed a volcano the size of a state, even if it is underwater.  Did we have the government looking for it or something?
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September 06, 2013, 03:57:29 PM
Maybe it has been quietly rising with a magma chamber that will unleash hell.
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September 06, 2013, 04:01:16 PM
All part of the Great Old One's Plan.
R'lyeh is rising, slower than expected, but it is rising.
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September 06, 2013, 07:30:28 PM
It just occurred to me that Cthulhu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster have quite a bit of visual commonality.

Hmmm...
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September 06, 2013, 08:12:20 PM
It's a plot to submerge America. When the volcanic islands of Madeira, and now this Pacific one explode, the tidal waves hit each coast, turning the Rockies into an atoll. Time to dig out XCOM, and find out what's really up.. ;)
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September 07, 2013, 10:00:19 PM
It all simply proves that the people of Atlantis are very real and very, very pissed off at we the surface dwellers.  ;D

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September 08, 2013, 12:27:24 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on September 07, 2013, 10:00:19 PM
It all simply proves that the people of Atlantis are very real and very, very pissed off at we the surface dwellers.  ;D

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Not all those who wander are lost;
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September 08, 2013, 10:51:27 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 08, 2013, 12:27:24 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on September 07, 2013, 10:00:19 PM
It all simply proves that the people of Atlantis are very real and very, very pissed off at we the surface dwellers.  ;D

Two words:

Aquaman rules.

If you have a yearning for fish and chips.
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#10
September 08, 2013, 03:32:38 PM
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on September 08, 2013, 10:51:27 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 08, 2013, 12:27:24 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on September 07, 2013, 10:00:19 PM
It all simply proves that the people of Atlantis are very real and very, very pissed off at we the surface dwellers.  ;D

Two words:

Aquaman rules.

If you have a yearning for fish and chips.

Aquaman loves fish and chips ;)
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

LongBlade

#11
September 08, 2013, 03:35:05 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 08, 2013, 03:32:38 PM
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on September 08, 2013, 10:51:27 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 08, 2013, 12:27:24 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on September 07, 2013, 10:00:19 PM
It all simply proves that the people of Atlantis are very real and very, very pissed off at we the surface dwellers.  ;D

Two words:

Aquaman rules.

If you have a yearning for fish and chips.

Aquaman loves fish and chips ;)

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Arctic Blast

#12
September 08, 2013, 04:00:46 PM
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