Since the beginning of this year, Inge B. has kept track of all of Etna’s activity this year and has submitted a summary to keep track of all this for everyone. By now, we have seen a dozen of paroxysms and several other instances of activity at various craters, so it is easy to see…
https://twitter.com/gLuciano123/status/325704423017959424/photo/1 Impressive eruption! Etna had paroxysm # 12 for this year on Saturday and Dr. Boris Behncke announced it in advance and provided an image and explanations as always. http://www.flickr.com/photos/etnaboris/8665430880/in/photostream I especially like his vivid decriptions of the situation. IngeB: “Loud bangs were still to be heard yesterday evening and ash fall continued in some regions ( http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/04/etna-ancora-boati-dal-vulcano-colonna-di-fumo-e-debole-pioggia-di-cenere-sul-versante-orientale-foto/198775/).…
Etna has had its ‘paroxysm’ #many. Every eruption is spectacular, but when they are so frequent it gets easier to focus on what is different with every eruption. Bruce Stout and Newby noted that the activity lasted much longer than previously in this series of paroxysms. Why this is, is off course a mystery, but…
Post by Inge B. Tjörnes Fracture Zone is the northern one of the two big fracture zones in Iceland. They connect the northern resp. the southern parts of the rift and there is also a theory about microplates underlying these zones (s. Foulger, etal.). The main geological features in the north of Iceland are this…
For all who missed it Here is a collection of the screenshots i took during the latest episode of Etnas shows. Paroxysm #8 in the year 2013 during nightfall on March 16th. The images were taken from the lower right cam of the INGV site. There was only one camera giving one a clear view…
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