{"id":1114,"date":"2008-05-12T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T14:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2008-05-12T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T14:28:00","slug":"humility-before-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/12\/humility-before-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Humility before nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I wake up on a picture perfect spring day, skip outside without a coat and bathe in the beautiful sunlight, it behooves us to remember that we exist here because nature tolerates us, and sometimes are subject to her moods and tempers.<\/p>\n

The unexpected eruption<\/a> of a volcano in Chile is certainly one such mood, it seems.\u00c2\u00a0 That is definitely scary enough, but check out what happened when a thunderstorm collided with the plume of ash<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Absolutely breathtaking, and it drives the point home that for all our fancy intellect and technology, we could be wiped off the earth if we make her mad enough.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a picture I stole without permission from the link above.\u00c2\u00a0 Awesome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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