Bárdarbunga and stratovolcano formation

A couple of days ago we received an email containing questions from a bright young student named Jennifer D in West Chester in the United States of America. It seems like she has developed an interest in one of our absolute favorite volcanoes, namely Bárdarbunga in Iceland (among other things). So, I will attempt to…

End of the world is currently postponed

The doomsayers and nibiruists seem to have their own sad little volcanic fashion trends. After their favorite volcano, Yellowstone, was found to be suffering from a serious case of dying they seem to have moved on. I expected them to find a new supervolcano to go on endlessly about. This time they though concocted something unexpected.…

Waiting for Etna Part II & Riddles

While we are waiting for the expected fiery occurrence of Etnas Twentieth Paroxysm we can warm ourselves by watching expectantly the cams for Etna or go on a detour to Sakurajima. Or why not delve into the mysterious tremor encircling 20 percent of Iceland starting somewhere between Hekla and Katla reaching all the way around…

Klyuchevskoy suffers Large Explosion & Friday Riddles

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…

Schunday Schummary: Sakura-Jima.

So Sakura-jima has had a busy week, she’s always busy; but produced a 5km plume on Sunday the 18th. First some essential back ground reading from our very own Karenz: https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/sakura-jima-why-is-she-nearly-always-erupting/ https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/sakura-jima-what-type-of-lavas-does-she-produce/ Luisport found these movies on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH12gKEcWSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viq8BnN-jtQ Granyia found thisn’: Here is a list of the 600+ (!) eruptions of Sakura-jima this…