http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/volcano/ en-us Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:12:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091065/posts Piton de la Fournaise, the Indian Ocean analog to Kilauea on the French island analog to Hawaii, started erupting on September 21. It's a cute little eruption (unlike the last one, one of Fournaise's largest), with lava fountains on the side of the crater pouring down the slope to form a pond. Picture below; the linked Web site above has to very nice videos. Turn down the volume of the top one, though. Fournaise.info http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091065/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2078287/posts Background: Several months ago, a vent opened explosively in Halemaumau, the crater inside the caldera of Kileaua volcano. Halemaumau used to be famous (notably due to a description from Mark Twain) as the location of a lava lake, fairly easily accessible by visitors. The lava lake disappeared in 1924 during a series of explosive phreatic eruptions (steam and hot rock). The lake has appeared briefly since then, such as in 1967. Famous photo of explosive eruption from Halemaumau The new vent has been producing a steady cloud of SO2 (occasionally irritating residents on Oahu) since it opened. There have been... Hawaii Volcano Observatory Kilauea Update Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2078287/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:24:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2073779/posts A two-pronged post. One, I learned that some people think that Kronotsky volcano in Kamchatka is the most beautiful volcano in the world. Judge for yourself: Two, near Kronotsky was Kamchatka's Valley of the Geysers, which had quite a few geysers. In June 2007, a landslide buried a lot of the valley. What I didn't know until looking up Kronotsky is that the natural dam that was formed by the landslide breached a few days later, draining much of the water that had flooded the valley, and many of the geysers reappeared. The story is below and a picture from... Russian Nature Photography http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2073779/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2058557/posts Okmok on August 3. It's gotten less active since this big day. Larsen, Jessica. Image courtesy of the AVO/UAF-GI. Kastochi: Aviation hazard code is RED Google Earth image showing AVHRR image of volcanic cloud (band 4) from Kasatochi, and earthquakes located in the region. Note: coastlines are slightly mis-registered in this image. To download a .kmz file of AVO located earthquakes, see this page: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/earthquakes/ . Picture Date: August 07, 2008 Image Creator: Bailey, John Image courtesy of the AVO/UAF-GI and USGS. Quickbird true-color satellite image of Kasatochi Island collected on April 9, 2004. Image copyright Digital Globe. Picture Date:... USGS AVO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2058557/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056892/posts Recent pictures from Okmok. Nice of the volcano to erupt in the summer when it's sometimes visible! July 30. Shawn Dahle, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Mammal Lab August 2: Janet Schaefer, Alaska Volcano Observatory / Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. August 3: Jessica Larsen, Alaska Volcano Observatory / University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute. Something completely different; one of my books has a picture of the largest crystal of "burmite", Burmese transparent amber, in the word. I hunted around and found an Internet picture of it. It's in the UK Natural History Museum,... AVO Okmok Eruption Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056892/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053227/posts Alaska's Okmok volcano started erupting on July 12 and is still going. The most recent update from yesterday indicated an ash plume could be at 35,000 feet. This has a definite current events aspect because a lot of planes flying to China (Olympics) will fly near this event. Aircraft jet engines do not do well on an ash-rich diet. Okmok has always been one of my favorite Aleutian volcanoes because it has an incredible 10-km wide circular caldera, almost like a "Lost World" setting. So after my two-week hiatus, I'll provide a picture of the current eruption, and a couple... Alaska Volcano Observatory; Okmok Eruption Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053227/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:35:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042906/posts Scale is impossible to judge when there's nothing nearby with a size you can judge by: this lava fountain on the flow field of Kilauea is 12-15 meters high. Click for full-size. Click: Kilauea Eruption Images to access a Quicktime movie of this fountain. USGS HVO Kilauea Eruption Update http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042906/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:33:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2039144/posts Learn something new every day entry: this image and accompanying article (click the source link above) told me about Nea Kameni, which is in the Santorini lagoon and which had volcanic activity in 1950. I never knew the name of the island and that it was recently active until yesterday. Click for full-size. Here's a view taken from Santorini. And this image is just to put everything into proper perspective. NASA Earth Observatory http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2039144/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036941/posts Study finds Arctic seabed afire with lava-spewing volcanoes The Arctic seabed is as explosive geologically as it is politically judging by the "fountains" of gas and molten lava that have been blasting out of underwater volcanoes near the North Pole. "Explosive volatile discharge has clearly been a widespread, and ongoing, process," according to an international team that sent unmanned probes to the strange fiery world beneath the Arctic ice. They returned with images and data showing that red-hot magma has been rising from deep inside the earth and blown the tops off dozens of submarine volcanoes, four kilometres below the... canada.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036941/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035260/posts I can't post any of the pictures that I want to, but they're remarkable. 13 June 2008: Strong Activity at the Fissure in Valle del Bove Here's another site from Volcano Discovery on the May 2008 eruptions that's similar. From: Etna eruption May 2008 Here's a couple of context images. The first shows where the Valle del Bove is. The second is from space, and the Valle del Bove is the broad dark-brown area to the right (east) of the summit craters. Stromboli Online: Strong Activity at the Fissure in Valle del Bove http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035260/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024113/posts Footprints in the ash By Sid PerkinsMay 29th, 2008Humans may have been walking around what is now central Mexico 40,000 years ago HUMAN PRINTSFootprints (one left) left in volcanic ash that fell in central Mexico’s Valsequillo Basin about 40,000 years could be evidence that humans have inhabited the Americas far longer than previously confirmed. Laser scans of the prints (right) confirm their human origins, the researchers report today at the American Geophysical Union meeting. Footprints left in volcanic ash that fell in central Mexico’s Valsequillo Basin about 40,000 years ago are evidence that humans have inhabited the Americas far longer... Science News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024113/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 19:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023766/posts QUITO, Ecuador - A volcano on the largest of the Galapagos Islands has begun erupting and authorities are evaluating possible dangers to the island's famed plant and animal life, officials said Friday. Rangers and tour guides spotted lava flowing down the northeastern flank of the Cerro Azul volcano on the seahorse-shaped island of Isabela late Thursday, the Galapagos National Park said in a statement. Ecuador's Geophysics Institute said that satellite data and a flyover of the island by park officials showed a "small amount of ash" coming out of the volcano, located on the southwestern edge of the island. The... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023766/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 23:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019745/posts I've been to the Pacific NW a few times, and Mount Adams has always fascinated me. It's very prominent from Mount Saint Helens, and the face of the mountain is dominated by a deep opening which harbors Adams Glacier. The funny thing is, very few pictures of the mountain give a good impression of the side with the glacier. Anyway, here's a couple views of it. I didn't realized that Mount Adams is the second-highest peak in Washington State after Rainier. Adams Glacier This one shows it, but it's lower resolution that I would like. This one is pretty good.... KayakCam, others http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019745/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 16:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2016312/posts Halemaumau emissions plume, half-size (click for full size): Wheeler Geologic Area, Colorado -- love the hoodoos. Apparently this place is so hard to reach that there was an attempt to make it a national monument, but that attempt collapsed because of lack of interest and potential visitorship, so it's a geological area in a national forest. Wheeler Geologic Area Crystal Cave of Giants, Mexico: Giant Crystal Cave's Mystery Solved (this article has a link to a different cave discovery, a very nice limestone cave in Sequoia National Park). It's pretty amazing that places like these are still being discovered in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2016312/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 14:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2015308/posts Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanos are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez (CHILE) The Etna volcano in Sicily rumbled back to life on Tuesday with a "seismic event" followed by a burst of ash, volcanologists said three days after minor eruptions shook the cone. A "seismic... Yahoo News and AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2015308/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 16:23:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013741/posts PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile's remote Patagonia could collapse back down to devastate the surrounding area, a leading expert warned on Friday. Luis Lara, a geologist and volcano expert with the government's geology and mining agency Sernageomin, says his models show the vast column of ash, which has soared 7.5 miles into the air, at a critical stage. A sudden collapse would shroud vast areas with hot gas, ash and molten rock, killing anything in its way. Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from the immediate vicinity of Chaiten... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013741/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 20:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013370/posts Few sights in nature can compare to the sheer magnificence of a volcano erupting in full flow. But while scenes of molten lava are relatively commonplace, this otherworldly picture of Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile shows a truly spectacular, and devastating, volcanic phenomenon. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013370/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 00:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012604/posts PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Experts believe Chile's Chaiten volcano could continue belching out vast clouds of ash for months but distraught people evacuated from nearby towns say they yearn to return as soon as possible. Ash that has reached as far as Argentina continued to spew for a sixth day on Wednesday, disrupting flights to the southern Patagonia region with no sign of let-up. "Everything is so uncertain," said Patricio Ide, 40, who was evacuated from the remote village of Chaiten to Puerto Montt, 125 miles away from the volcano. "This could last a month, three months, maybe we... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012604/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 19:56:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012320/posts SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing the last of thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent.A thick column of ash climbed into the stratosphere and blew eastward for hundreds of miles (kilometers) over Patagonia to the Atlantic Ocean, closing schools and a regional airport. Chilean and Argentine citizens were advised to wear masks to avoid breathing the dangerous fallout.Chilean officials ordered the total evacuation of Chaiten, a small provincial capital in an area of lakes and glacier-carved fjords... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012320/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 03:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011956/posts Quarter-size; click for full size. NASA Earth Observatory http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011956/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 15:14:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011909/posts SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Lava started to spew from an erupting volcano in southern Chile on Tuesday, authorities said, ordering the immediate evacuation of all remaining residents and journalists from a nearby town. Chaiten volcano, in Patagonia around 760 miles south of the capital of Santiago, began erupting on Friday, sending a towering plume of ash into the sky that has since coated the surrounding area and reached as far as Argentina. Fernando Aguila, governor of the affected Palena province, told local radio lava was flowing and said 180 civilians and around 100 troops remained in Chaiten. Local television reported... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011909/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 13:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011504/posts An "unknown" (meaning it hasn't erupted historically) Chilean volcano erupted starting on Friday. The ash clouds are some of the most impressive I've seen since Pinatubo, and have caused the usual problems in nearby areas. Below is a selection. (Because I'm borrowing mainly from news sources, some of these may not work or may cease working in the near future.) Various Sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011504/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 17:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010398/posts SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hundreds of people fled remote villages in southern Chile on Friday after a snowcapped volcano erupted, sending minor earthquakes rippling through the region. The Chaiten volcano belched fire and ash on Thursday night, causing more than 60 small tremors in Los Lagos, a region about 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) south of the capital of Santiago. More tremors can be expected in the coming days, warned Emergency Bureau Director Carmen Fernandez. The government evacuated as many as 1,500 people from nearby villages and the town of Chaiten, just 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) from the volcano, as ash... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010398/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 20:35:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2007075/posts Click this link to view. Mt. St. Helens Forest Service Webcams http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2007075/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:30:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002268/posts Sendhwa (Madhya Pradesh), Apr 16 : Small quantities of molten rock erupted near a habitation at Sendhwa near Indore, leaving neighbourhoods awestruck. Locals said the eruption began with a small explosion on Tuesday causing a two-feel wide gap in the soil. The eruptions continued with less intensity on Wednesday with the lava cooling around causing a small hump like structure. People from places in the vicinity rushed to the spot to watch the natural phenomenon. "When I got to know about this volcano, we came here to see this. We saw that this vermilion coloured eruption coming out of the... ANI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002268/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:10:37 GMT