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[*] posted on 12-1-2006 at 04:53 PM


i know that place!

it's the moon, i was there was after a full night of tequila, it was beautiful.

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[*] posted on 12-2-2006 at 01:52 AM


It looks like these three volcanos line up in a row headed toward the sea?

And I agree with you Shark, the issue is whether a new cone is forming. Shari reported seeing and smelling odd steam. At this very moment Mt St Helens is going through a building process where magma is pushing up, not the red hot flows seen in Hawaii, but rock formation bulging with "steam" releasing on an ongoing basis.

Shari mentioned a honeycomb of chambers beneath the area and those could easily become magma chambers or vents. The jury is still out.

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[*] posted on 12-2-2006 at 11:58 AM
Volcanoes and or earthquake?


I was reading a report from 2002 about the Cascadia fault here in the NW. Instruments recorded hundreds of earthquakes swarming 300 mi off the coast.
They hurriedly dispatched scientists to study the event. It was discovered later that the event triggered geothermal activity in various places simultaneously.
Some as far as Yellowstone Park. That shows the integration of systems until then unconnected by scientific knowledge.

Now, I would not gamble to say a cinder cone is forming but the potential is obviously there. Further reading suggests that this area is confusing to scientists studing the Tosco-Abreojos fault. Some are trying to connect the San Andreas fault which runs down the Sea of Cortes and surfaced as Tres Virgenes.
There is considerable geothermal activity in the region and there is activity at or near the surface in many locations in Baja. One place is close to San Ignacio. That would indicate that active venting could occur in the whole region. Moreover, I wouldn't stop short of associating this new event primarily with either fault as they could very well be connected in some fashion.

Now take a look at this presentation. It requires a large download to view:http://rcl-cortez.wustl.edu/Presentations/Cortez_09Jan/09.00Fletcheretal/Fletcher_MARGINS_short.pp

I still actually think that Tosco-Abreojos is actively fracturing with the San Benito fault. Their off-set location is close to, and perpendicular to, Pta. Asuncion. Also data shows former important seismic events in that exact area.
That's my opinion.


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[*] posted on 12-3-2006 at 12:47 PM


WOW, cool photos...in the 3rd picture of Asuncion, the big white building at the point is the fishing cooperative plant...our house is the brown bits(our roof)and white speck to the left and down a bit of the big white buildings out on the rocks there on the other side of the spit ...fascinating stuff



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