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Monday, April 19, 2010

I Need a Virgin! STAT!

From the recent eruptions in Iceland.

Nature really is freaking cool...

Posted by FDChief at 3:11 PM 6 comments:

Labels: lightning, nature, the wrath of God?, volcanoes

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