Okay… what is a ruminarian? Well, figuratively, we all are. “Ruminate” is a slang term for standing around, thinking about something. I adopted/co-opted the word to describe our activities, in part because it’s what we do, and also due to the sheep nature of the blog, following a hapless sheep incident that someone observed on…
Canal Volcan´s timelapse webcam capture of the eruption on 17 September, propelling an ash cloud up 6 km. Thousand of villagers arount Mount Sinabung had to evacuate on September 15, 2013, when the volcano erupted the second time within 3 years after a long period of dormancy. Several people reportedly died of ash inhalation. This BBC…
Some volcanoes just can’t catch a break. Imagine for a little while that you are a bona fidé supervolcano. You are the largest of your type on the planet, you are highly active, and by gosh you have shown what you are capable of. In a perfect world your 20 by 30 caldera explosion should…
Earthquakes are a release of energy due to rock failing from the amount of stress and strain that are placed on it. This energy is released as a series of waves, or vibratory motion as the energy dissipates away from the source of the quake. Simplifying it a bit, there are S-waves, P-waves, Love Waves,…
Not all natural phenomena that carry the name “volcano” are caused by the eruption of some kind of magma. A mudvolcano is one of them. Since the 29th of may, 2006, mud and steam are spewing from the earth on the island of Java, Indonesia, leaving thousands of people homeless. Today, it is still “erupting”.…
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