Lightning colliding with volcanic eruption

A huge underwater volcano has erupted deep within the Pacific Ocean sending plumes of water towards the surface seen from outer space. NASA satellite images captured the magnificent explosion of the Kavachi volcano, nicknamed Sharkano. A large plume of discoloured water can be seen emerging from the underwater volcano, which lies 15 miles south of Vangunu Island. Kavachi got its name from the sea creatures that are able to live within its harsh conditions and live deep within the ocean among floating fragments of rock. Scientists became familiar with the volcano in a 2015 oceanic study. Their findings revealed how fish and sharks can survive in the hot, sulphur infused, acidic waters surrounding the volcano. Two shark species, the silky and scalloped hammerhead, were filmed swimming in the submerged crater during a field trip. The massive underwater volcano is home to mutant sharks in the depths of the Pacific Ocean ( Image: The Oceanography Society /Youtube) … [Read more...] about Massive underwater volcano home to ‘mutant sharks’ erupts in depths of Pacific Ocean

Remote places all over the world can be explored at a click thanks to Google Maps. The website allows users to go wherever they like and see more of the planet from the comfort of their own home. But one island off the coast of Alaska is hidden on Google Maps and has a dark history of nuclear testing. Amchitka is a volcanic and unstable island around 116 square miles in size. It has been part of the United States since Alaska was bought from Russia back in 1867. In the Second World War, the island was used by US forces as an airfield and marked as a possible target for Japanese troops. Users who search for the island will find more than half of its surface blurred from view. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, right, talks with the Rev. Joseph V. Downey, about the effects of the nuclear test at Amchitka.; (Photo By John Beard/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Get the news you want straight to your inbox. Sign up for a Mirror newsletter here The island’s … [Read more...] about Google Maps mystery: The unstable volcanic island used for nuclear tests in the 1950s

Shortly after protesters clashed with Donald Trump supporters Thursday night in San Jose, California, conservatives began blaming liberals for rioting against a presidential candidate. Liberals pointed a finger at the Republican presumptive nominee for his incendiary rhetoric and the violence of his own supporters. It's a cycle that seems likely to continue until November's election. Jim Geraghty, conservative blogger and National Review contributor, recently compared the demonstrators' rhetoric and signs at Trump rallies to those seen at Occupy Wall Street, with the Black Lives Matter movement and at the World Trade Organization protests that rocked Seattle in 1999. "There seems to be this sense in some newsrooms that left-wing protests are somehow inherently less violent, and if there is violence, it's somehow justified or understandable as a reaction to provocation from the right," he said in May. The post-rioting blame game extended to the East Coast Friday afternoon when … [Read more...] about Who’s to blame for the rioting at Donald Trump rallies?

One candidate wants to make the Los Angeles Police Department larger than it has ever been. Another envisions a future where America’s second largest city no longer needs police. The others have staked out middle ground. After the tumult of recent years, it should come as no surprise that the race to become Los Angeles’ next mayor has focused largely on issues surrounding crime, public safety and policing. Mass protests after the 2020 murder of George Floyd ignited fierce, ongoing debate about the role LAPD should play in the city and turned renewed scrutiny on long-running concerns about officers’ sometimes heavy-handed tactics. The city, meanwhile, had one of its deadliest years in the past two decades and helped elect a controversial reformer to serve as the county’s top prosecutor. But the candidates for mayor differ on the correct path forward, mirroring a nationwide struggle over how to balance the need to combat rising crime with calls to rethink a status quo in … [Read more...] about From more cops to defund: Candidates for L.A. mayor differ on crime and policing

Ever wondered where World War III might break out? A clear and troubling consensus has emerged in the American national security community that the Taiwan Strait is the most likely place for a major war to erupt between the United States and China; that it might start soon, and that such a conflict might quickly escalate into a nuclear confrontation. In March, the leading foreign policy organization in the United States, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, issued a report concluding that Taiwan has become “the most dangerous flashpoint in the world.” There, a unique and troubling set of geopolitical developments have conspired to make a shooting war between the People’s Republic of China and the United States more likely than ever before. Recently the newly appointed commander of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific Region, Admiral John Aquilino, remarked that a possible invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) “is much closer than we think.” Ever since … [Read more...] about Wonder Where World War III Might Break Out? Try Taiwan

A huge brawl broke out between football fans in a city centre following the Europa League final . Shocking footage shows fists flying between the mob of around 12 in Glasgow city centre as a girl is dragged by hair hair through the street. The group - many wearing Rangers jerseys following their defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt - begin kicking each other as a number fall to the floor on Jamacia Street at midnight last night. Footage posted online shows the group pulling and grabbing at one another as they grapple on the road. They then start kicking out at one another, with one woman dragged to the ground, reports the Daily Record . Footage posted online shows the group pulling and grabbing at one another as they grapple on the road ( Image: Twitter) The woman can be seen kicking at people who approach her, before a handful of men and women appear to grab her by the hair. The group roll around the road for a brief moment before the pair are pulled apart as … [Read more...] about Mass street brawl as football fans throw punches and woman dragged to floor by hair