Spectacular photographs of volcanoes in Hawaii and Ethiopia by Patrick Koster

These photographs are all by volcano-mad Patrick Koster, a 40-year-old engineer from Spijkenisse, Holland. LINK

5 Enormous Cracks

There are places on earth where tectonic plates are moving, sometimes too slow for humans to discern, sometimes rather suddenly. deputy dog found five places where the earth has cracked open, with photographic evidence. Shown is a volcanic vent that appeared suddenly in the Afar region of Ethiopia in 2006. Link, Via: Neatorama