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Baconaise OP t1_iy50lyy wrote

Now you don't need to watch 3 ads and read a reporters' interpretation of what USGS said they saw on their webcam.

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Reddit-L t1_iy51isp wrote

Went from looking like Earth to looking like Venus. Pretty cool.

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ezshucks t1_iy55ifb wrote

My friend is hiking there currently and he told us it was erupting this morning. He says he's in a safe area but still worrisome

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Frosty-Employer7599 t1_iy56dph wrote

That was a great/short/to the point time lapse.

Fun fact Mauna Kea (not Mauna Loa) is THE biggest mountain on earth.

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saisketches t1_iy59z5u wrote

Lava looked like city lights in night sky

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d1msum4u t1_iy5k8cu wrote

Oh…this makes so much more sense. Saw a photo of the ending where it’s lava lighting up in the dark. I thought that was just a shot of a city at night and the lava lines were lights.

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Cayd9299 t1_iy5qngv wrote

i thought the eruption created a city

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maj_minor t1_iy5uikq wrote

I'm having trouble knowing what I'm looking at - what exactly is shown in the frame of this camera shot?

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JenniferAnniston9021 t1_iy603m8 wrote

Wait for 00:01:00? What does that mean? The gif is like 10 seconds long.

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__BONESAW__ t1_iy61bkg wrote

Replying to army2207 (#744,024)

The weather guys are even worse. They know their purpose isn't to be constantly present in someone's life so they go super hard on clickbait. Some industries need to just stop trying to be giant corporations and just do what they're expected to and nothing more.

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Baconaise OP t1_iy69yxe wrote

Replying to __BONESAW__ (#748,800)

Will there be good weather this weekend? Stick around (watch 15 minutes of fear mongering and advertising) to find out, don't forget we have the most ADJECTIVE radar and that means it's better for some reason. The break, stick through it. We're the only source of information. Put down your phone. You need us. Please come back.

Meanwhile, REAL meteorologists like Ryan Hall's group are setting up actual surge cameras ahead of storms and getting real footage of landfall. "Local weather" is and has been dead.

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pspahn t1_iy6i7yp wrote

Replying to Baconaise (#750,511)

I'm sure it was somewhere on Reddit that I saw Accuweather, et al want the NWS privatized or some shit so they can put a paywall between them and forecast data/discussions. Of course being a loyal redditor I didn't look anything else up or verify the claim, so I have to assume it's true.

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BarbequedYeti t1_iy6n2be wrote

Replying to pspahn (#752,286)

It was true. I forget which one was lobbying for it, but yeah. It was a thing. I would like to see my tax dollars go to a decent free app for the US, provided by our government weather service. Seriously. We should have a free kick ass weather app.

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TomFoolery22 t1_iy6ngiq wrote

"Wait for it" on a 15 second video, Christ.

People's attention spans have gone to shit, and I have ADHD.

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pspahn t1_iy6nr9d wrote

Replying to BarbequedYeti (#753,237)

I've used windy.com for some time and I'd say it's pretty kick ass for free.

weather.gov is where I'll often go for extra discussion, and there is an API they provide. I used it to build a very generic 10-day forecast grid for a specific station, and it's mostly functional (sometimes responses come back empty). Weather.gov is fine, but they could definitely use a fresh update on the frontend.

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babywhiz t1_iy6t4ar wrote

Replying to Ok-Beach-316 (#751,371)

You know what burns my knickers? Part II disappeared from my library…i mean it shows I bought it when I go to the iTunes store but it just won’t download now. I’m so mad.

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bastian74 t1_iy6t9lo wrote

So is the culderra almost filled back up?

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AccentFiend t1_iy6vi3c wrote

My brain stuttered trying to figure this out. First I thought I was looking at ocean. Then I thought I was looking at a city skyline. Then I came to the comments and realized it was a legit sea of fire. 😳

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billpecota t1_iy6wkwo wrote

Well that was.......underwhelming

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Zee_tv t1_iy6xhmn wrote

Replying to Baconaise (#750,511)

This comment made me laugh harder than I have in who knows how long. I sincerely appreciate your comment and humor. I really needed that laugh and to feel this good, even if temporarily, tonight. Thanks again

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Qinistral t1_iy6xkmx wrote

They need an HD full-framerate stream.

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Zee_tv t1_iy6ytaw wrote

Replying to TomFoolery22 (#753,317)

Lmaooo omgoodness ADD here and was guilty of this myself, but in my defense my meds stopped working wayyy earlier in the day. I appreciate you making me laugh! :)

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hydrodigger t1_iy6zi8f wrote

Was that a wood footpath that burned up in the middle of the lava lake?

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SkiDude t1_iy6zs9v wrote

Replying to saisketches (#743,638)

First time I saw a picture, I thought that's what i was looking at, and the stream was the smoke/ash/steam from the volcano over the city. Then I remembered that island doesn't have a city that big, and it hit me.

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Tsiyeria t1_iy703px wrote

Replying to pspahn (#752,286)

The last time I looked at the The Weather Channel website, I saw mention of a premium subscription.

Fuck that noise. I didn't even look to see what they're paywalling, I just closed the website.

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RebarBaby t1_iy7066m wrote

Replying to invent_or_die (#753,634)

Wunderground WAS good. Now it's essentially controlled by the same entities as "The Weather Channel"/"Weather.com"...

I still use it because their 10 day graph is great, but their ads are encroaching more and more every day.

I'll look into Ventusky, I need a less commercialized replacement. Thanks!

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ebrum2010 t1_iy71p9c wrote

Replying to schnucken (#743,429)

It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.

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AccidentallyTheCable t1_iy724gl wrote

man people were sayin eruption, i was thinkin a proper foom eruption, not this spoogey "ok im gonna do it" 'eruption'.

disappointed, but stay safe island folk!

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CalamitousD t1_iy73dsb wrote

Replying to muhaski (#756,256)

Lyrics from the song Airplanes that Hayley from Paramore sings: "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now."

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ebrum2010 t1_iy77jw2 wrote

Replying to Shmock_Events (#756,361)

I find it suspicious that the volcano hasn't erupted in almost 40 years and it picks the best time to promote Rings of Power for Jeff Bezos just as the media storm is dying down.

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newaccountzuerich t1_iy7b7iz wrote

Replying to AccidentallyTheCable (#756,165)

But, that's Mauna Loa in a nutshell. The lava coming up is relatively gas-free so doesn't do the explosive expansion when it gets to the surface. ("Diet Coke and Mentos" is a surprisingly accurate metaphor/description for why volcanos explosively erupt).

Most previous Mauna Loa eruptions have just been flowing lava without a huge amount of ash release (comparitively), so the damage done by the eruption is much more localised than e.g. Mt St Helens for similar amounts of emitted lava.

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-Wicked- t1_iy7bt1j wrote

Crazy how it just turns into LA at night.

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SaltyBabe t1_iy7fyhm wrote

Replying to Reddit-L (#742,079)

Omg I’m so high I assumed this was on a different planet and being filmed by a rover (???). I literally sat through it like “hey, respect space watch the whole gif” haha well at least I respected nature and omg that was crazy! Glad I watched to the end lol

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KazooOnExhaustPipe t1_iy7glmn wrote

Replying to BarbequedYeti (#753,237)

In Germany, the public weather forecast service had to start charging people to use their app because a parasite company sued them to stop them from providing a public service for free, as they considered that to be predatory of their parasitic business model, which was overtaking the same public weather forecast data and slapping some ads on it. Also that sentence is way too long now.

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Seedling132 t1_iy7imti wrote

Replying to mggirard13 (#748,818)

There I was sitting there like a dunce waiting a full minute to see when the eruption would happen because I haven't actually heard of this volcano being a thing.

I think it looped about 8 times before I decided to watch the date and realised it was a 24hr loop 👀

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Pongfarang t1_iy7n2ge wrote

That was incredibly disappointing. Like before and after stills, with extra effort. and missing the image everyone wanted to see.

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Funkyokra t1_iy7n9si wrote

Replying to Baconaise (#750,511)

Maybe where you are. Our local weather guy has a solid broadcast and updates multiple times daily on social media with radar and other tools to show you. He was the first one to recognize that a recent huge hurricane showed signs of changing direction in a huge way. He tells us weeks in advance about the weather in Africa that could potentially effect us. He's constantly updating us with new info. More importantly, I have the practical info I need about what time that rainstorm is gonna hit today.

Not a lot of fear mongering on the morning news usually, just a heads up on traffic, who drove into a house last night, your favorite restaurant is closing, and local events. I'm just drinking coffee and trying to find my pants.

Setting up a stunt cam to record landfall is really cool but isn't what meteorology is about anymore than broadcasting in the middle of the street during a hurricane is. It's just a way to make weather more fun so people buy your content. And stodgy old Weather Channel does surge cameras, so while they are fun it's not really a unique cutting edge thing.

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nibberjigger t1_iy7rqr5 wrote

Is frame rate is 1 frame per hour?

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MrFIXXX t1_iy7yvo0 wrote

Replying to Reddit-L (#742,079)

Nah, Venus would probably a mix between Mars + the sulfur-rich springs you find in Japan. Except it's methane or whatever, instead of water :)

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afleetingmoment t1_iy80bh9 wrote

Finally got to see Volcanos National Park and the open crater at Kilauea last year. Even had some tiny flows going at the bottom. The whole landscape there is otherworldly, and beyond captivating.

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awc130 t1_iy82les wrote

Replying to ezshucks (#742,792)

We have our honeymoon there in January. Hopefully everyone is safe, and nothing is damaged. Reading up on its last eruption it destroyed parts of Hilo. Where we are supposed to be staying.

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DarksideAuditor t1_iy83prh wrote

Fuck that. I'm in the Central Standard Time Zone...ain't nobody waiting all day to watch...I'm watching it now.

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adampsyreal t1_iy86f4a wrote

I've been waiting for 1:00 for 14 seconds over & over again

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cjlutera t1_iy89iix wrote

Replying to army2207 (#744,024)

Why does this surprise anyone? Almost nobody pays to subscribe to online news now. Reddit just copies and pastes the text into a comment so nobody has to click the link. How are journalists supposed to survive or make money if not by ads? It's the last breath of a dying industry and people complain about it. They will again complain when news is gone or quality goes to hell.

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lukaskywalker t1_iy8da0p wrote

Holy that’s massive. Is that the entire caldera where people can walk when there isn’t activity ? Or am I thinking of another spot

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Clickrack t1_iy8mj0d wrote

Love it! My Geophysics class (of 5) did our Senior Thesis on Kilauea; gathering field data was badass. The museum there has a set of clothes (not mine!) from a researcher that are burnt to a crisp.

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BeerTheFern t1_iy8v2uf wrote

I lived on Mauna Loa for a few years up on Fern Forest, not to far from this shit. Glad i moved!

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Kenji-Elis t1_iy8zil6 wrote

My dumb brain thought that was water at first

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stonehawk28 t1_iy9192l wrote

Are we looking over the rim? What's the perspective on this?

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No_Butterscotch3175 t1_iy9dkt5 wrote

At about 0:15 it reminds me of a night view of Los Angeles from the Hollywood Hills area, minus any skyscrapers.

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