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rsa101 @rsa101 (40952) • Philippines 8 Jan

This time it seems that the volcano near my province is starting to erupt again. And this time it looks like they are preparing for a major one since lava flows has been detected and started flowing out. They say the laba dome...

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I Rather Envy Those in Europe and North America in the Summer of 1816

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 3 Jul

They call it the "year without a summer". In April 1815 there was an eruption that took place on Indonesia's Mount Tambora. Mass amounts of sulfur dioxide, ash and dust were ejected into the atmosphere which blocked the sunlight...

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In Kintamani Indonesia the volcano looks amazing.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 20 Feb 25

In Kintamani Indonesia the volcano looks beautiful. It is a volcano situated in the hills. It is amazing that from that point of the island it is difficult to understand there are seas and oceans on the three sides. The entire...

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Another Volcanic Explosion

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 3 Jun 24

There's another volcanic activity in the island of Negros. It was a total shock to us. We are frightened because four years ago we had the taal volcano explosion then virus spread to the country, causing lockdowns for almost a...

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Good morning from Pucón.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 19 Dec 23

Dear friends, after a 10 hours in a bus I´m finally in my bed in Tania´s house in Pucón. The bus was not what I had hoped after paying for the most expensive bus. I thought I´d have a sort of plane first class but it wasn´t so....

good morning

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Smog through out the Night

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 22 Sep 23

It was smoke through out the evening. Then I heard sirens from the fire truck and I thought there was a fire somewhere. I'm sure there was but probably the smoke wasn't part of it. Then the next morning my aunt tells me that the...

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The Active Volcano-Popocatepetl, is Calm Today

Jose Juan @quantum2020 (12054) • Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico 3 Jan 23

Popocatepetl volcano became active some years ago and ever after it throws fumes and water vapor into the atmosphere. In the present, it´s considered an active volcano that could explode. In the last 24 hours, it has made 132...

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Happy New Year from Volcanic Japan!

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 1 Jan 23

I spend the last 10 days on my favorite volcanic island, Sakurajima, working at the museum there. It was a lot of fun because now tourists are allowed into Japan. We had many tourists who needed an English speaker so I was very...

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Professional Certificate level unlocked!

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 4 Nov 22

I just finished a Professional Certificate in Volcanology and Volcanic Hazards through edX! Now I feel a lot more qualified to do my job at the volcano museum as well as comment on volcano livestreams (mind you, I never held back...

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Going back to my favorite volcano!

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 8 Aug 22

So, the first perk of retirement has come up. Everyone else starts school on Aug. 23, but I am going for a week to my favorite volcano, Sakurajima. That's the one that had the alarming bits of incandescent rock flying 2.5 km from...

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Iceland volcano is erupting (safely but magnificently)

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 3 Aug 22

Yesterday (or today depending on your time zone) lava finally made its appearance where there have been a lot of earthquakes indicating magma movement into dikes (horizontal sheets of magma that will erupt as a fissure eruption.)...

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Volcanic alert level down again

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 29 Jul 22

The other day I posted when Sakurajima's alert level went to 5 from 3. It was basically an upgrade "by the rule book" which states that if you have any volcanic rocks flying more than 2 km from the crater, you have to declare...

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A fortunate volcanic eruption

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 25 Jul 22

At Sakurajima, we were kind of freaking out over the very few eruptions we'd had in 2022. Last night, there was a fairly normal-sized eruption, but it threw some rocks 2.5km from the crater, triggering a Level 5 (Evacuate)...

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Did you know?

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 14 Jun 22

There are volcanoes in Germany? Ya know, I really don't think about volcanoes in Europe, but I do know that there is a piece of Africa on top of the Matterhorn. And if I do think about them, I think of Italy and Sicily... So,...

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Another Volcanic Eruption

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 6 Jun 22

About two years ago we had an eruption on taal volcano. That night I realized the ash fall coming down. Luckily, I was able to buy and wear mask that evening. The next day I had to remove the ash from our roof tops, which became...

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Beautiful fountaining at Etna volcano

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 22 May 22

I've been watching the eruption of Etna (normal, not dangerous, don't panic). In the night it has been showing beautiful lava fountains. Check them out on this live stream and scroll back to the night view if you come on when it's...

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Hunting for volcano livestreams

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 2 Feb 22

I'm currently volunteering for a group called AfarTV, that has livestreams from various scenic and interesting places around the world. The mission of the group is to help people see many places without having to travel there,...

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Tuesday, 18 Jan 22

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 18 Jan 22

Good day to you all, Not a bad day, the temperature got up to 42F so that was kind of nice. The sun has been in and out all day so not too bad. I did get an email from the apartment I talked about yesterday just letting me...

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Tsunami in Santa Cruz.

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 15 Jan 22

The volcano in the South Pacific means tsunami warnings in Alaska,Hawaii and the west coast IN SAnta Cruz patrols are keeping people off the beach.Santa Cruz harbor is full of water. Many people are watching the waves from a...

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I came across this question from curious kids.

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 3 Jan 22

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-t-throw-trash-volcano-134200448.html I came across this questions from curious kids. They ask why we can’t just put trash in a volcano and burn it up? There are many good reasons not to do this....

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