Comments on: Chaitén http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/ Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: laylatoot http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/#comment-711 laylatoot Thu, 08 May 2008 19:31:04 +0000 http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-711 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! :) 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 http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/#comment-710 wayne williams Thu, 08 May 2008 15:29:54 +0000 http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-710 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. 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 http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/#comment-709 asqfish Thu, 08 May 2008 03:05:41 +0000 http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-709 Asalaam o alaikum! One mans beauty (of the photo) is another mans terror! Asalaam o alaikum!
One mans beauty (of the photo) is another mans terror!

]]> By: laylatoot http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/#comment-707 laylatoot Wed, 07 May 2008 22:40:03 +0000 http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-707 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! 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 http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/#comment-706 Jasim Wed, 07 May 2008 20:25:24 +0000 http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-706 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. 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 http://caledoniyya.com/2008/05/07/chaiten/#comment-705 Hani Obaid Wed, 07 May 2008 19:46:11 +0000 http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-705 Yes, it is magnificent, but if I saw that, I think I would run for my life rather than take a photo. Brave man! Yes, it is magnificent, but if I saw that, I think I would run for my life rather than take a photo. Brave man!

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