Thursday, May 27, 2010

Iceland's Volcanic Ash Was Electrically Charged



New Scientist: Icelandic volcano's ash blanket was electric.

The cloud of ash blowing south from an Icelandic volcano last month was electrically charged. It's a finding that could be exploited to build detectors to warn pilots when they are flying into danger

2 comments:

Fungus the Photo! said...

It is a plasma!

Why is ash so special? There are "clouds" of plasma on the earth that are not visible to the naked eye, just like fine ash from a volcano. If you think plasma from a volcano is trouble, wait and see what a plasmoid from the local star can do!

Jeffery Keown said...

Charge separation in a particulate is not news. Its weird, but its not strange.