diving in volcanic ash

[leo_d]

that is lake Nahuel Huapi after a volcanic eruption in the area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYA9ZA-D9E

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I live in Neuquen. We're covered in ash over here as well. Not to the extent of Bariloche or Villa La Angostura, but still.

[mrsmaalox]

Damn! :wow

[CosmicCowboy]

Which raises the question...why is he diving in that mess?

[Agloco]

Which raises the question...why is he diving in that mess?

This.

He's no less than a bit touched to be diving into that.

[MannyIsGod]

Would that affect your diving?

[Sense]

I'd imagine it's extremely dark underwater... so much you probably wouldn't be able to see. I wouldn't do it.. I wouldn't even do it without ashes :P

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Makes it look like its waves in the middle of the desert. Thought the dude would get hit by one of things from Tremors.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Just so you guys have some perspective on how fucked up things are there. That lake he's diving in used to look like this...

http://around-of-me.com/images/1221663817_385660713_d8149b44b8.jpg

http://www.eturismoviajes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nahuel1.jpg

God knows how long it will take to get back to normal...

[MannyIsGod]

I hope it goes back to looking like a broken image link soon :tu

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I hope it goes back to looking like a broken image link soon :tu

I can see it fine... you sure it's not just you?

[Fpoonsie]

Nah. It's not JUST him.

[MannyIsGod]

I can see it if I open it in a new tab but not otherwise.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I added a second pic. Can anyone see it?

[Fpoonsie]

Yep. Wow. That's the SAME lake?

It's fucking gorgeous.

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah - pretty bad ass place. Probably won't take that long to get back to normal, MM.

[Slomo]

Does volcanic ash float? I got that impression watching the video. if it does then conditions under the ash layer may not be too bad (pitch black, but not too bad). I would still worry about the ash messing with my regulators membrane.

Very strange video.



I'd imagine it's extremely dark underwater... so much you probably wouldn't be able to see. I wouldn't do it.. I wouldn't even do it without ashes :P

Normally the darker the night -> the less light there is underwater -> the better the dive!
With volcanic ash? no idea...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Yeah - pretty bad ass place. Probably won't take that long to get back to normal, MM.

I truly hope so. I spent most vacations as I was growing up on that lake. Its disheartening.

[Wild Cobra]

Does volcanic ash float?

Volcanic ash can vary in density. It could have been floating because of surface tension, or density. The ash we had in Oregon when St. Helens erupted in 1980 was pretty dense stuff, like sand. It would have sunk, but I lived close enough and the lighter stuff probably traveled farther away before falling.

[Wild Cobra]

Yeah - pretty bad ass place. Probably won't take that long to get back to normal, MM.


I truly hope so. I spent most vacations as I was growing up on that lake. Its disheartening.
It cleared up pretty fast in Oregon when St. Helens popped her boob in 1980.

[Agloco]

It cleared up pretty fast in Oregon when St. Helens popped her boob in 1980.

I still have ashes in a vial from that event.