Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...

I like a gentle spring shower -- or even a solid spring downpour -- as much as the next person, but I've about had it with this soggy, waterlogged morass we're laughingly referring to as a "season." Ten days of rain isn't "spring," it's an incremental monsoon.

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In the interests of thematic continuity, I present you with an aquatic story: for the first time in your life, you can watch a (heavily-mediated) underwater volcanic eruption:

In the first direct observations of an underwater volcanic eruption, newly unveiled video shows plumes of ash and molten drops of sulphur spewing from a crater deep in the North Pacific.

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A remotely operated research submarine captured the images in March 2004 and October 2005 of the volcano NW Rota-1, scientists report in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.

This link will launch the article in a new window. From there, you can view the video.