The island of Montserrat is a British overseas territory and is situated in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Christopher Columbus named the island “Santa Maria de Montserrat” after the famous mountain monastery in Catalonia, Spain. Due to its similar appearance of coastal Ireland and early Irish settlers, it is…
Our very own Granyia has set up several pages of webcams watching volcanoes. While we are waiting if something happens around Hekla, Icelands rifting and earthquake happening around Grimsey Island calmed down a little bit. I thought we could fill the time, helping Graniya finding some webcams. The possibility to watch active volcanoes from your…
I posted a similar image on the day i took it in September. It shows a Lava Rose on the way up to Teide in Tenerife. The Basaltic columns formed the shape of a flower when they cooled. I have no idea from which eruption this resulted or how old it is. It does not…
Glowing avalanches, pyroclastic flows or nuees ardentes, or whatever you want to call them, are probably the most feared and deadly of the volcanic solid products pouring down the flanks at speeds up to 100km/h+ at temperatures of 500°C or more (lead melts at 330°C, glass softens at 550°C). They are composed of incandescent rock…
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