During the last year we have been spoilt by eruptions on the Kamchatkan peninsula. We had a medium sized effusive eruption from Tolbachik, a long explosive eruption with lava effusion at Klyuchevskoy, explosive eruptions at Bezymianny, anyone I missed? UKViggen emediately pointed out that I had missed to mention Sheveluch, Kizimen and Karymsky (I still…
Alaid’s summit stands 2339 metres above sea level, making it the tallest volcano in the Kuril chain. It rises up from a sea bed that is around 750 metres deep, making its overall height in the region of 3000 metres – quite a giant. Its birth dates to around 40,000 to 50,000 years ago, and…
From the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk rises a vision of natural beauty. Located some 70 km west of the tip of the Kamchatka peninsula is a volcanic island of near-perfect symmetry, its treeless sides curving gracefully upwards to a flat-profiled crater top that is often crowned with snow. Its shape has been an…
Attention to active volcanoes tends to go down the longer they are active. The only time you hear something about Kilauea for example is when something like a lava lake drains, new lava fountains show up or when a piece of property is destroyed by the ever-present lava flows, which are in itself one of…
cw3 = calender week 3 Jamie found a gem: Hekla eruption 1947! Erik Klemetti wrote an article on Tolbachik on his blog Eruptions! With some cool Nasa images and videos and an interactive image link! This interactive link was also posted here by Renato. http://www.airpano.com/360Degree-VirtualTour.php?3D=Kamchatka-Volcano-Plosky-Tolbachik He also pointed to an image link of a recent expedition…
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