Happy New Year!

The dragons of VC wish you a happy new year. May there be many volcanic eruptions for us to watch and learn. Stromboli started the fireworks 2 days early. Screenshot taken by KarenZ. Happy new year for Volcano cafe by DFMORVAN Terrain data comes from NOAA, Made on Octave Dont forget to trow a glance…

A Volcanic ‘Grand Tour’ Part 2

Stromboli: the lighthouse of the Mediterranean Stromboli lies at the end of the Aeolian volcanic island chain. To get there one must take a ferry, and there can be few finer sea journeys than the island-hopping service from Milazzo. The elongated village of Stromboli (in fact several communities that have become joined in to one)…

A Volcanic ‘Grand Tour’ Part 1

Today I am proud to present part 1 of UKViggens Volcanic ‘Grand Tour’ to you, but as long as it is Friday… you are expecting some riddles! RIDDLE – Name that volcano! By Suzie. Once upon a time K met A. They kissed, married, argued and had a baby! But did they live happily ever…

Sheepy Dalek – Name that Lava III!

I thought that last weeks mystery lava would post a bit of a problem for the crowd. It was of course a Charoite from the Siberian Traps, associated with the Norilsk deposit. Talla caught the two first parts in just over 4 hours. This makes Talla the leader of the competition. 2 Talla 1 Schteve 1…