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22-29 May 2021: Pearl of the Aegean - Santorini - Santorini Island (Greece)
24 Jun - 8 Jul 2021: Colors of Iceland: Fire, Earth, Ice and Water - Iceland
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Semeru volcano
Stratovolcano 3676 m (12,060 ft)
East Java, Indonesia, -8.11°S / 112.92°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
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Semeru volcano eruptions:
1818, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849(?), 1851, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1866(?), 1887, 1887, 1888, 1889-91, 1892, 1893, 1893-94, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1941-42, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1950-64, 1967-ongoing
Typical eruption style:
Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.

Semeru volcano tours:
From Krakatau to Bali (16-days study and photo tour to Java, Indonesia)
Volcanoes of Java (17-days walking and trekking tour on Java)
Volcanoes of East Java (4-5 days walking tour to Bromo, Semeru and Ijen)
Bromo, Semeru, Ijen (trekking tour to Semeru, Bromo, Ijen volcanoes (East Java))

Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTION TO FL140 MOV N OBS VA DTG: 01/2335Z

Sat, 1 Feb 2020, 23:45
23:45 PM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 1 Feb 2020
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 1 Feb 2020
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVAU04 at 23:37 UTC, 01/02/20 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20200201/2335Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: SEMERU 263300
PSN: S0806 E11255
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 3676M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/27
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8, CVGHM
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION TO FL140 MOV N
OBS VA DTG: 01/2335Z
OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FM SATELLITE DATA WIND
SFC/FL140 160/05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 02/0535Z NOT AVBL
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 02/1135Z NOT AVBL
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 02/1735Z NOT AVBL
RMK: CVGHM REPORTED ERUPTION TO 500M ABOVE SUMMIT AT
01/2305Z. HEIGHT BASED ON GROUND REPORT. MOVEMENT BASED ON
CONSENSUS MODEL GUIDANCE. VA UNIDENDIFIABLE ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY DUE TO MET CLOUD OBSCURATION. HOTSPOT OBS AT THE
VOLCANO.
NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES

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