A 1953 experiment took ammonia, methane and hydrogen and applied electricity to them to produce amino acids, the building blocks of life. Today scientists are revisiting these compounds and finding volcanoes could have produced them as well.
Oh that is some cool footage of Kilauea! Is that in the caldera? I have some video I shot when I took a helicopter ride over there. If you you ever have the chance to do that, I highly recommend it!
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Oh that is some cool footage of Kilauea! Is that in the caldera? I have some video I shot when I took a helicopter ride over there. If you you ever have the chance to do that, I highly recommend it!
-BMF
Comment by BMF — October 28, 2008 @ 9:36 pm