Comments on: Chaitén

By: laylatoot

laylatoot — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:31:04 +0000

Thank you, Wayne! I have been desperate to know the true definition, so it is excellent that you clarified it.

The term ‘Satan’ arose due to the perceived similarity between the Arabic term for Satan, that is, ‘Shaitan’ when spoken, and ‘Chaitén’.

Naturally, it was not asserted to be the true meaning behind what has transpired to be an apt name!

By: wayne williams

wayne williams — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:29:54 +0000

I am not sure where the info was taken to call this name Satan but that is wrong. The name Chaiten means “basket of water” from the native tongue in the area and refers to the two lakes that occupied the volcano’s crater.

By: asqfish

asqfish — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:05:41 +0000

Asalaam o alaikum!
One mans beauty (of the photo) is another mans terror!

By: laylatoot

laylatoot — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:40:03 +0000

Yes, Hani, it is most likely a once in a life-time shot and I would like to think I could find the cojones to capture it had I been in Gutierrez’s position also!

I was thinking the same as I wrote the post, Jasim: it is mighty ironic!

Thank heavens for photographers: they broaden our minds and satisfy our imaginations no end!

By: Jasim

Jasim — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:25:24 +0000

Wow, that’s an amazing picture. Yet really scary. You know, Chaitén means Satan! Looking at the picture and reading those facts, it’s not surprising they gave it such a name.

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:46:11 +0000

Yes, it is magnificent, but if I saw that, I think I would run for my life rather than take a photo. Brave man!