<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Here's something out of "New Scientist" magazine (17 December 2005, page 52) that might sound a bit familiar, again showing a relationship in volcanic versus geyser action.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Researchers studying the nearly-constant efusion of the highly fluid, carbonatite magma at ol Doinyo Lengai (Tanzania) note that the "activity increased when atmospheric pressure was falling or at a minimum. The researchers suggest that falling pressure might trigger an eruption by causing a slight expansion of the gases in the lava. They also noted more eruptions when the Moon was closest to the Earth, possibly because of the stronger tidal pull." They do go on to note that "they need a lot more data to support these theories."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>