More than three decades after steam bursts from Mount Baker resulted in a temporary evacuation of the Baker Lake area, geologists are trying to determine what is happening beneath the volcano. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Craigslist screenshot: this World of Warcraft player is so desperate for an epic flying mount, she offers to let someone with the right amount of in-game money "mount" her for one. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Unidentified person thought to be one of 3 climbers missing for a week. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

Sparks lit the night sky and a small stream of lava was flowing down the volcano as Italy's Mount Etna lit the night sky over Naples with a hellish red glow. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

Japan's iconic Mount Fuji got its first snowcap of the season Saturday, five days later than average. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

The volatile Mount St Helens has spewed a plume of steam and ash into the Washington State sky, US media reported today. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

A Spokane man made history by being the first person to basejump off Mount Hood on Thursday.

*Video linked in article picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Mount Fuji has bewitched and beguiled onlookers for countless centuries. Here are nine illustrated, little-known facts about Mount Fuji that show the many moods of this most honorable mountain. picked by mitzuzake 7 months ago

A Japanese participant in the unusual sport of extreme ironing, in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron clothing, has succeeded in an extreme ironing attempt on the top of Mount Fuji. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Mount Etna, which erupts about once every 10 years or so, continues to do its bit for global warming. (The EU legislators in Brussels really need to pass a law against it!) picked by rambler 1 year ago

I think spam would've been a better medium. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

"A few miles away, looming up from the desert floor is a plateau 40 feet high, 300 feet wide and nearly 1,000 feet long, composed almost entirely of human excrement. It's been dubbed Mt. San Diego because of where the sewage originated." picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago

He was the first to conquer the summit of the world's highest peak, Everest. picked by suebe 7 months ago

On June 24, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine objects flying in a "V" formation over Mount Rainier, Washington,. he told a reporter, that the UFOs flew like "a saucer if you skip it across water" -- and a worldwide subculture was born. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

The U.S. military said on Thursday it was reviewing strategy in Baghdad where U.S. reinforcements have failed to halt spiraling violence, and that it was gravely concerned about mounting troop deaths. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Here are leading contenders for the "Dumb Down" gold medal:

Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22,1963?
Contestant: I don't know, I wasn't watching it then

Presenter: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
Contestant: Forrest Gump

Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest?
Contestant: Er, it's not in Scotland is it? picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

He also taught creationism in his science class and failed to remove a Bible and other religious materials from his classroom. I love this comment - "With the exception of the cross-burning episode ... I believe John Freshwater is teaching the values of the parents in the Mount Vernon school district." Well sure, aside from the whole maiming schoolchildren with RF radiation thing... picked by belvario 2 months ago

This guy uses the Wii-mote's built-in IR-camera to do multipoint tracking. Combine this with an IR LED array and some reflective tape and you can track your fingers. Glue an IR LED into a pen, project an image onto any surface and you have an inexpensive interactive whiteboard. Mount two IR LED's on a pair of safety goggles and you can do headtracking.All projects come with a demo video, softw... read full post picked by extc68 8 months ago

The Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Ariz., has taken celestial images using its twin side-by-side, 8.4-meter (27.6 foot) primary mirrors together, achieving first "binocular" light. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Beijing Games could not be a cure for all the country's ills as pressure continued to mount on Olympic organisers about human rights issues in China. picked by ConeOfSilence 14 hours ago