Japan Probes Mysterious Vapor Eruption 209
Saeed al-Sahaf writes "From the BBC, Japan's Coast Guard dispatched aircraft Sunday to survey a 3,300-foot-high column of steam rising from the Pacific Ocean off the island of Iwo Jima. MSNBC has a nice picture. The vapor was reported Saturday after Japanese troops stationed on the small island observed the massive cloudy plume rise from the sea about 30 miles southeast of the island. 'It's highly likely that it's caused by an eruption of an underwater volcano,' Japanese officials said. But others are not so sure, and are speculating that Godzilla has awoken from its nap. Tokyo remains calm at this hour."
I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
I saw this one (Score:5, Funny)
SORRY... sorry.... (Score:4, Funny)
Oh no. (Score:5, Funny)
At least the Japanese have experience. I mean, Tokyo's been destroyed at *least* 500 times before hasn't it?
It's It's It's Godzilla (Score:5, Funny)
Giant catfish farted ! (Score:2, Funny)
Snow Crash (Score:4, Funny)
Giant boiling water thingy (Score:5, Funny)
"Bloop monster" evolves to phase 2 (Score:3, Funny)
Will this be another Surtsey? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Giant boiling water thingy (Score:4, Funny)
Godzilla Godzilla Godzilla... (Score:4, Funny)
Endless fun on the ocean floor (Score:5, Funny)
So basically what you're saying is, when an underwater volcano goes off, coral and seeweed all leave the surface and rush down to the bottom of the ocean to watch the event, as well as countless schools of fish passing by, only they get too close and promptly die, thereby creating a giant fruit de mer soup?
Interesting theory...
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Re:Its the terrorists! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oh no. (Score:2, Funny)
man it must suck to be in japan (Score:4, Funny)
Bloop monster audio (Score:2, Funny)
Play this with caution!! I am still quaking with terror and afraid to go near the water. Be afraid, be very afraid...
Re:This is a joke, right? (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, that's several times higher than the space station.
Re:War (Score:3, Funny)
I think I've already seen that movie. Oh, wait, that was real...
Steam (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is a joke, right? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Sounds like a nice island... (Score:3, Funny)
Because nobody live there. D'oh!
KFG
Re:they THINK it's a volcano? (Score:4, Funny)
They're scientists. They can't be 100% sure of anything, really.
Unless it's a methane lake on Titan. Or evidence of life on Mars. Or a new planet that "weighs" x metric tons orbiting a red giant.
Well, crap. It must be Godzilla, and I'm 100% sure of it.
Nintendo Saves the Day! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Steam (Score:3, Funny)
Re:they THINK it's a volcano? (Score:2, Funny)
That's not a volcano. It's a space station!
Re:Mitsubishi F-2 Versus Godzilla (Score:3, Funny)
It's just framebait, that's all.
I sure as hell don't (Score:3, Funny)
Must be Longhorn starting to surface (Score:4, Funny)
Vapors??? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I saw this one (Score:4, Funny)
Wikipedia seems to give an identifiable history with a lot of detail for both the ship and captain.
That article was probably contributed by drunken pirates.