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Erta Ale news:

Erta Ale (Ethiopia): summit lava lake revives as activity at flank eruption site slows down
Daytime view of the active lava lake is often obscured by strong degassing (image: Enku Mulugetu, September 2018)
Friday, Oct 12, 2018
Our Ethiopian expedition organiser Enku made a reconnaissance trip to Erta Ale in September and reported the current status of this continuously changing active volcano. It appears that over summer the lava lake in the summit crater slowly rose and remains very active, but that the fissure eruption at the volcano’s south flank (which started during the dramatic change of volcanic activity mid January 2017) slowed down. ... [more]
Erta Ale (Ethiopia) : activity continues both at the summit and the 2017 flank eruption site
The lava lake inside the Southern Crater of Erta Ale’s summit caldera, shown here on 26 June 2018, is slowly rising and growing (image: Rebecca Wu)
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2018
Danakil expedition organiser Enku reports after our recent tour to this Ethiopian shield volcano that activity continues both at Erta Ale’s summit caldera and the fissure eruption site on its SE flank with sustained lava lakes. ... [more]
New photos from Erta Ale, Ethiopia!
New photos from Erta Ale, Ethiopia!


 

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