There is a weird, almost unearthly whoop when they are launched, followed by a variable period of silence before the contact explosion which is like the heaviest of artillery.
It revealed an unearthly, web-like network of invisible infrastructure that powers our world -- and unsurprisingly, a lot of people wanted to try it for themselves.
These unreal ballets portrayed women as fragile unearthly beings, ethereal creatures who could be lifted effortlessly and almost seemed to float in the air.
The reputation is not surprising, given that the very volcanically-active site is a charred landscape of blasted rock filled with bubbling pits of unearthly hues and noxious fumes.