Who Put This 1000-Ton Boulder Here?

That’s not a tiny man. That boulder – shot by Icelandic photographer, volcano adventurer and overall awesome guy Ragnar Sigurdsson – stands 15m high, weighs about 1000 tons, and it wasn’t there a few days ago. Who put it there?

This guy:

I call him Mike, but you know him as Eyjafjallajokull. Its impact is still being felt in Iceland. This boulder came out of nowhere after the unpronounceable raging mountain melt the glacier that was trapping it. Glaciers are slow but irrepressible forces of nature that wrap and drag everything on their way. Unfortunately for the glaciers, volcano lava, win like scissors over paper. [Daily Mail]

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(7 Comments)
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    mbryant

    Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 8:19 AM

    His name is Boris, not Mike.

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      DanH

      Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 9:09 PM

      Hamish and Andy, FTW!!

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    Camb3h

    Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    But rock beats scissors? Now I’m just confused!

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      olearymo

      Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 9:48 AM

      It also crushes lizard. And yet, Spock vaporizes rock…

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        Oleg Estrin

        Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:35 AM

        And lizard poisons Spock :)

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    olearymo

    Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 9:45 AM

    That second photo, is that… is that real? Like… holy crap.

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