As the week is finally winding down I had written that not much is happening. One should never ever do that when dealing with volcanoes. The only thing that had been really brewing was Klyuchevskoy and Sakurajima. Both have suffered from more prominent activity than normal. What I had been writing was that Klyuchevskoy had suffered from 5 km…
What follows is a very rough guide to the satellites and their systems that routinely feature in volcano-watching. For anyone interested in learning more, most of the systems have dedicated websites with a lot more information. Just Google the name of the system/satellite, or search through the NASA, NOAA or USGS main sites (way too…
I was asked to prepare a talk for a “Deep Space” Live show on September 26 in the Ars Electronica Center, Linz ,Austria. “Deep Space” in this case is our special presentation room with 2 screens 16 x 9 meters on one wall and the floor. I am starting to prepare my talk today and…
I already spoke about the coming high resolution Video show, featuring different volcanoes taking place in my workplace, in the previous post. An other one of the volcanoes which is going to be shown is Mount Nyiragongo. I have heard about this volcano and even remember when it was in the news 2002. But until…
The volcanic eruptions of Mount St Helens in 1980 and Nevado del Ruiz in 1985 made the general public aware of the dangers of co-existing with a large and potentially lethal volcano. It doesn’t take much imagination to see the possibilities of a lateral St Helens-type blast on a population of a great city as…
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