{"id":3937,"date":"2010-04-16T19:09:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T00:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2022-04-18T05:57:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T10:57:54","slug":"whats-up-with-the-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/whats-up-with-the-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Up With the Volcano?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every geo-blogger on the planet is covering the Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull eruption. Well I&#8217;m not going to do that, or rather, I&#8217;m taking an entirely different approach because you know it&#8217;s happening and there are others who can cover this event a whole lot more eloquently than I can. By now everyone is aware of the location of the eruption. Nonetheless I&#8217;ll dutifully repeat it because I&#8217;m feeling a bit lazy this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d185513.29730560476!2d-19.889008282133307!3d63.62554569665926!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x48d72470362206d1%3A0x65dae1daa9de1e38!2sEyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1617274577707!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So I have this rock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/my_cool_little_volcanic_rock-1.jpg\" alt=\"Volcanic Rock. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=24412#landmannalaugar\">I picked it up at Landmannalaugar<\/a>, a park in Iceland that&#8217;s about 25 miles north-northeast of Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull. It came from one of the Hekla eruptions probably. But really, Iceland is one large volcano so that detail isn&#8217;t particularly important or useful. Hopefully I didn&#8217;t violate some cultural norm by taking an artifact from Iceland. I&#8217;ll gladly return it if Icelandair would be kind enough to provide free transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s feather-light and an odd light green color reminiscent of some nasty whipped jello desert you&#8217;d see at a Lutheran picnic. Continuing on the pseudo-food theme, it has a texture and density similar to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circus_peanut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">circus peanut<\/a>&#8221; candies. 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