Kasatochi now an island of ash
The eruption of Kasatochi was a bit of a surprise to volcanologists who study the Aleutians, to say the least. The volcano itself has been quiet for likely over 100 years, but with relatively little...
View ArticleAnother tidbit from AGU…
I was chatting with a fellow from AVO and he called the simultaneous eruptions of Kasatochi, Cleveland and Okmok a “once in a millennia” event. So, enjoy it! He also mentioned that the Kasatochi...
View ArticleSI/USGS Weekly Volcano Activity Report for 4/29-5/5/2009
All the eruptions fit to print from the Smithsonsian/USGS GVP Weekly Report. A few highlights (not including Redoubt, Rinjani and Slamet): Multiple ash plumes from Galeras (Colombia), some producing...
View ArticleFriday Flotsam
The Q&A post will be coming over the weekend (there’s still time to send me a question!) Icy cold volcanoes (well, geysers) on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. In the meantime, here are a few quick...
View ArticleShiveluch has second large eruption in this month
Shiveluch volano in Russia. Just like last summer seemed like a busy time for the Aleutians (Cleveland, Okmok and Kasatochi), this summer could be dubbed the “summer of Kamchatka-Kurils” (alright, it...
View ArticleCleveland erupts!
And not because the Indians’ season is finally (mercifully) over (zing!) Cleveland steaming away in a 2008 AVO image. Cleveland (the volcano) erupted on Friday, producing an ash column that reached...
View ArticleThursday Throwdown: Updates from Gaua, Reventador, Soufriere Hills, Mayon and...
I did an excellent job of forgetting my notes from GSA 2009, so no wrap up on the meeting until tomorrow, but we do have some new volcano news to digest: The crater of El Reventador in Ecuador in an...
View ArticleWednesday Whatzits: Cleveland heats up, blowing ash from Eyjafjallajökull and...
Brief news! Lava flows reaching the sea at Kilauea in Hawai`i. Image from November 2009, courtesy of HVO/USGS. The Alert Status at Cleveland in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands was raised to Yellow...
View ArticleNASA Earth Observatory images of Cleveland (not the city) and Nyiragongo
The NASA Earth Observatory has been dazzling us with images from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption for months – but they have been dazzling us with volcanoes images for years! Here are two more images for...
View ArticleGVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for June 9-15, 2010
Have guests in town, so I’m a little busy, but you can hopefully keep entertained with the latest Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program Volcanic Activity Report. Chile’s Melimoyu volcano. The...
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