Remote New Zealand Volcano Sees Dinosaur Alert? 312
Thanks to BoingBoing for pointing to a ChannelNewsAsia story discussing a 'dinosaur' sighting in webcam pictures of a remote New Zealand volcano. The latest live webcam picture shows the offending creature, with Geonet spokesperson John Callan saying: "Some wag has glued a [toy] pink dinosaur in front of our digital camera", even though "...most people do not go ashore on the uninhabited, rumbling" White Island, east of Auckland, where the webcam is located. Apparently, the dinosaur will stay for now, since authorities "are not planning on removing it, counting on the sulphur and high acid environment to deal to the creature."
Re:Hah! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:"Some Wag"? (Score:5, Insightful)
If the dino appered suddenly (as the article suggest), then it propably was by some outsider.
Except that it's not Barney (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Who? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:"Some Wag"? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:"Some Wag"? (Score:3, Insightful)
http://www.whiteisland.co.nz/
Yeah...it's really REALLY hard to get there and put the toy on the rocks. Hell, the guide probably even points to the cameras and talks about the science going on...geez.
Re:"Some Wag"? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Who? (Score:3, Insightful)
What better way to get global news coverage?
Re:"Some Wag"? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Has it occured to anyone (Score:3, Insightful)
The plastic dino is in every hourly shot with the lighting perfect.
Re:Has it occured to anyone (Score:1, Insightful)
Real (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:"Some Wag"? (Score:3, Insightful)
Once in the crater it's gonna be pretty easy to see that BIG WHITE BOX made out of metal and built to resist VOLCANIC EXPLOSIONS. This isn't some hibernating i-book with a webcam doing wifi updates form some rock. It's a fuckin bomb shelter.
It's probably the most noticeable (and thusly find...able) feature in the crater.
Re:Hah! (Score:1, Insightful)