Posted on 12/05/2021 6:54:00 AM PST by blam
The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, located off the northwestern coast of Africa, has been erupting for nearly eleven weeks with no signs of abating. Soon the eruption could be La Palma’s longest in over 500 years.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on Sept. 19 and led to the evacuation of thousands of residents. For the last 75 days, the volcano has spewed lava out of fissures, unleashed plumes of ash and toxic gasses, and acid rain.
After two and a half months of non-stop volcanic eruptions, some parts of the island are unrecognizable as they’re buried in feet of ash. Entire towns and neighborhoods are entirely covered, and damage could be upwards of a billion dollars.
Here are some of the most incredible pictures and videos on social media documenting the ongoing chaos on La Palma.
Entire homes are buried in ash.
Neighborhoods swallowed whole by ash and lava.
Towns covered in ash up to the rooftops.
WATCH: Drone footage shows entire neighborhoods being slowly buried in volcanic ash on the Spanish island of La Palma pic.twitter.com/5ZuVBTgVxd
— Reuters Asia (@ReutersAsia) December 1, 2021
How are people going to dig out of this?
This is the volcanic ash after the recent La Palma eruption, deep and thick..
But here’s something amazing, thousands of bees buried under this for 50 days, are still alive…they saved themselves by sealing their hives with a resin called propolis pic.twitter.com/hIsUMd86X5
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) November 12, 2021
Ash is everywhere.
Once again Instagram has the goods that Twitter does not…have a horrible headache from it..not a fan. Ash on #LaPalma is Truly Outrageous! pic.twitter.com/3Kx8IoSwWF
— 🎯𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓵𝓮 (@LetUsUniteHere) December 3, 2021
A fissure opens up next to a house covered in ash.
More buildings are buried in feet of ash.
WATCH: This drone video shows the volcanic ash across La Palma island in Spain. On Wednesday, the Spanish National Police shared the video of partially buried buildings. The Cumbre Vieja volcano began erupting in September. pic.twitter.com/SrAIk2uq1N
— Local News 8 (@localnews8) December 2, 2021
The current eruption could surpass the Tehuya volcano that spewed lava and ash for 84 days in 1646.
So what about the cleanup on the tiny resort island? How does one dispose of millions of tons of ash?
Bet it smells like ash, too.
But seriously, fascinating pics, thanks.
Everybody knows what to do with snow...
But, what kind of nose to use when you build an Ashman? do kids have ashball fights?
Ash alert.
Wow. It’s like a modern-day Pompeii in the making.
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2790 homes destroyed.
84 km of roads covered.
441,340,000 cubic meters of lava, and counting.
66 cubic meters per second of lava flow.
15,000 ton/day of SO gases
So what is the greater factor in Arctic ice thickness? Is it ambient air temperature or as the Russians say, the amount of heat being released at any given time by underwater volcanoes and innumerable “smokers” or ambient air temperatures affected by human activities. The science of the earth’s core and just how and why there is the release and production of this heat, sometimes in the form of spectacular volcanoes, geysers and other phenomena is simply not known.
That brings back memories...
when you build an Ashman? do kids have ashball fights?
Just tell Stacey to go back to Georgia.
Oh, ash, not a**!
My bad...
You can probably buy one cheap.
Lol
Mommy Nature can be nasty sometimes.
Darn that GLOBAL WARMING.
I wonder why they consider the photos “shocking” because if you live near an active volcano shouldn’t you expect this someday?
Kind of like the folks in New Orleans who are “shocked” when a hurricane floods everything.
What about all that CO2 released? Just 5 years left now?
You don't. You leave. This was a warning, not a passing storm.
If you can traverse the ash you may risk recovering key belongings, but that's about it.
Pretty dumb to build a house right next to volcano that’s ready to blow.
Tell that to the approximately 3 million people in the Naples area in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius.
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