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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Volcandpark Congress 2012
Volcandpark Congress will be held from May 21-25th 2012 in Olot, Spain. It is the first congress to be devoted to the management of protected volcanic areas. It aims to act as a forum for debate and thought that will provide … Continue reading
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Kilauea’s Lava Lake Churns
January is Volcano Awareness Month on Hawaii Island and 2012 and is full of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Check out this great video of Kilauea’s lava lake churning posted by Big … Continue reading
January 18-24, 2012
Volcanoes with reported activity last week include: Sangay, Ecuador | Tungurahua, Ecuador | Turrialba, Costa Rica | Fuego, Guatemala | Hierro, Canary Islands (Spain) | Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Kilauea, Hawaii (USA) | Kizimen, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Popocatépetl, México |Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Central Chile | Sakura-jima, Kyushu | Santa María, Guatemala | Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia) As always, you … Continue reading
Posted in Volcano Activity Reports
Tagged Fuego, Hierro, Karymsky, Kilauea, Kizimen, Popocatépetl, Puyehue, Sakura-Jima, Sangay, Santa María, Shiveluch, Tungurahua, Turrialba
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Fresh images from Nyamuragira
Check out these recent images detailing activity at Nyamuragira just posted from photovolcanica.com . . These images were taken between monday (1/23) and wednesday (1/25) of this week. . . We talked about the African volcano Nyamuragira just recently in … Continue reading
Why is magma called lava after it erupts?
Magma comes from an Italian word that means a thick, pasty substance, which is how molten rock behaves within the Earth. Lava, another Italian word, means to slide, which is what molten rock does once it reaches the surface. All … Continue reading
January 11-17, 2012
Volcanoes with reported activity last week include: Nyamuragira, Democratic Republic of Congo | Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan) | Tungurahua, Ecuador | Turrialba, Costa Rica | Zubair Group, Yemen | Fuego, Guatemala | Hierro, Canary Islands (Spain) | Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Kilauea, Hawaii (USA) | Kizimen, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) … Continue reading
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Tagged Fuego, Hierro, Karymsky, Kilauea, Kizimen, Nyamuragira, Popocatépetl, Puyehue, Sakura-Jima, Santa María, Shiveluch, Suwanose-Jima, Tungurahua, Turrialba, Zubair Group
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Volcanic Flood Plains on Mercury
“For more than 35 years we have been uncertain about the role of volcanic activity on Mercury,” said James W, Head III, professor of geological sciences at Brown University. But no more. The MESSENGER team confirmed, in a recent Science … Continue reading
What’s the biggest volcano in the world?
The largest volcano in the world, Mauna Loa in Hawaii which is estimated at around 80,000 cubic kilometers. Peter Lipman of the U.S. Geological Survey used high resolution bathymetry of the underwater slopes of the volcano, data from seismic … Continue reading
Jaunary 04-10, 2012
Volcanoes with reported activity last week include: Etna, Sicily (Italy) | Galeras, Colombia | Lewotolo, Lomblen Island (Indonesia) |Láscar, Northern Chile | Nyamuragira, Democratic Republic of Congo | Reventador, Ecuador | Sangay, Ecuador | Tungurahua, Ecuador | Zubair Group, Yemen Ongoing Activity: | Fuego, Guatemala | Hierro, Canary Islands … Continue reading
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Tagged Etna, Fuego, Galeras, Hierro, Kizimen, Láscar, Lewotolo, Nyamuragira, Popocatépetl, Puyehue, Reventador, Sakura-Jima, Sangay, Santa María, Shiveluch, Tungurahua, Zubair Group
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Nyamuragira continues to erupt
NASA’s Earth Observatory has just posted some great images of Africa’s Nyamuragira volcano and new lava flow produced by the latest activity there. As the Eruptions! blog noted in November, this volcano is remote and poses no threat to people … Continue reading
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Volcano World : Supplement 