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  • Anak Krakatau Eruption 3 comments
    The Jakarta Post today reported "Anak Krakatau volcano, situated in the Sunda Strait, erupted 12 times on Sunday, spewing hot ash and debris into the atmosphere.

    The head of the volcano monitoring post in Pasauran, Banten, Anton Tripambudi, said volcanic tremors from Anak Krakatau had reached 5.575 on the Richter scale on Saturday evening".

    So there may still be hope yet for an Eruption Special visit on the 30th October!
  • Posted By: tom on Sep 13, 2011
    Tremor beneath Mount Rainier volcano
    On September 13, 2011 at 09:29:28 AM a weak tremor of 2.6 magnitude occurred below the crater of Mt Rainier, the famous volcano in Washington near the city of Seattle.
    from Earthquake Report:
    "This does not mean that the volcano will erupt, but this tremor below the crater can at least be called unusual.
    Todays tremor is by far the biggest one since many months. ... more
  • Posted By: Tobias Schorr on Sep 02, 2011
    Watch live the research at the submarine volcano Kolumbus
    There is a great opportunity to watch live the research of the submarine volcano Kolumbus:

    http://www.nautiluslive.org/
  • Posted By: tom on Aug 25, 2011
    Volcanic Sunsets 1 comment
    Eruption reader Luis Miguel Godinho directed me to the following interesting article about crepuscular rays caused by volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere at sunset:
    VOLCANIC SUNSETS:
    Sky watchers in Europe should be alert for volcanic sunsets. “For the past week, we’ve seen unusual twilight rays probably caused by high-attitude aerosols from Nabro, a volcano which erupted in Eritrea on June 13th,” reports Petr Horalek from the Ondřejov Observatory of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. ... more
  • Posted By: tom on Aug 23, 2011
    Visiting Tavurvur volcano
    If you like to see Tavurvur erupt, you can come on Ulla's next expedition in October 2011: www.volcanodiscovery.com/expeditions/papua.html
    If you need more information, please contact us!