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[Sevan Makaracı]

Japan: A new island appears in the Ogasawara Islands - November 2013

Active volcanoes (Sep 28, 2012)

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"Of course all volcanoes will explode, as this is going to be a very severe pole shift. What about the months and years preceding the pole shift? It is no secret that Mammoth Lake and the caldera of Yellowstone are warming up, and the populace has been prepared for these occurrences by the movie Volcano where there, in the middle of LA, lava is bubbling up. In fact, there is a fault line running from the approximate San Diego/LA area, up into the Sierras, and this is liable to rupture rather violently during one of the quakes that precedes the pole shift by some months. Volcanic eruptions from that area in the Sierras can be expected. Will Mount St. Helen erupt? All volcanoes that have been active within the memory of man will begin spewing and burping and oozing, and many that were not expected to become active will reactive. "   ZetaTalk - Feb 15, 2000

[Howard]

Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano Erupts 3 Times, 40,000 Ft Ash Cloud (Feb 1)

Ecuador's Geophysics Institute is reporting that the Tungurahua volcano has erupted three times, a series of powerful vulcanian explosions that produced an ash plume surpassing 40,000 ft (13 km) altitude, with heavy tephra fall and pyroclastic flows to up to approx 8 km length.

The institute said that two moderate explosions on Saturday were followed by a third of greater size, and pyroclastic flow stretched 500 meters down its flank. The blasts created a 5-mile (8-kilometer) column of ash above the volcano, which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Quito.

Heavy ash fall occurred immediately afterwards on all sides of the volcano, most notably to the NW, NE, W, W and SE. In the sector of Chacauco, the tephra fall caused total darkness.

Collapsing parts of the eruption column produced larger pyroclastic flows that descended the Juive, Vazcúnto, and other canyons draining from the volcano reaching its feet. The largest flow descended on the NW side reached the lower Achupashal valley, cut the Baños-Penipe road and plunged into the Chambo river after reaching more than 7-8 km from the volcano.

Some of the flows damaged IGPEN monitoring instruments in the ravines of Vazcun, Achupashal, and Juive, blocking a route to a tourist site called Banos.

After 7:00 pm local time, paroxysm activity gradually decreased and turned to continuous, but still very strong strombolian explosions that were accompanied by strong shock waves that rattled windows and roofs of houses in surrounding villages. Lava fountains could be seen rising 500-800 m from the crater.

Sources

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ecuadors-tungurahua-v...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua/news/42293/Tungurahua-vo...

[jorge namour]

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/01/indonesia-volca...

Sinabung volcano (Sumatra) - series of pyroclastic flows kill at least 14 people

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news.html

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news.html
Sad news today: the volcano claimed its first victims this morning due to a direct effect of the eruption. At least 14 people were reported killed and 3 others severely bunt by one or two moderately large pyroclastic flows this morning. 3 more people are still reported missing.

According to Jakarta Post all fatalities that could be located so far had occurred in Suka Meriah village, which is located within a 3-kilometer radius of the volcano, thus in well in the exclusion zone

According to BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, there were three eruptions: the first eruption occurred at 10:30 a.m. (local time) and lasted for eight-and-a-half-minutes, generating a 4.5 km long pyroclastic flow, while the second followed immediately after at 10:38 a.m. and lasted just over four

minutes, followed by a third one at 11:27 a.m. for 84 seconds.
It is not exactly clear where the pyroclastic flow originated, from explosions at the summit, collapse of the summit lava dome, or from (partial collapse) on the viscous flow that had recently been emplaced

http://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&a...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volcano-Planet/358876530789142

January 29, 2014

Underwater eruption of Kavachi, Solomon Islands caught on Satellite imagery.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83025

Kavachi is an undersea volcano on the southern edge of the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It erupted dozens of times in the 20th century, often breaking the water surface, only to be eroded back below the water line within a few months.

GOOGLE MAP http://www.volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=255060

On January 29, 2014, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured what could be the start of a new cycle of island life and death. Aquamarine water extends eastward from the submerged volcano; the color is likely from dissolved volcanic gases and lava fragments suspended in the water. Directly above the undersea peak, a bright patch is suggestive of vigorously churning water—but there is no sign that the eruption has broken the surface.

Volcano Planet
15 hours ago JANAURY 30 2014
Aso-san. JAPAN erupted today

http://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&a...

PICTURE JANAURY 18 2014

Visible glow on the images of night in the crater Nakadake. Image: JMA

[jorge namour]

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Volcano Planet shared a link via Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
January 25

Latest USGS Photos and Videos from Kilauea’s Eruption
January 25, 2014

AVCAN- Kilauea is one of the few volcanoes with permanent lava lake inside. This lake often emits splash magma flowing into the edges, causing an effect of "lava bubbles bursting on the surface."

This phenomenon could capture on Thursday with spectacular images of gushing lava from the volcano's summit.

MOVIE IN THE LINK:

http://pacificislandparks.com/2014/01/25/latest-usgs-photos-and-vid...

Kilauea lava lake a few days ago

http://pacificislandparks.com/2014/01/23/usgs-webcam-captures-spatt...

[jorge namour]

Etna- SICILY ITALY eruption live stream: spectacular images [LIVE VIDEO]
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Continued eruption of Mount Etna started over 48 hours ago now, on and off, with small explosions and lava fountains that feed a long casting the Valle del Bove that we can observe live streaming images from Catania LIVE, thanks to ' private observatory "Live Sky"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxA7Db8FV1I

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[Howard]

Indonesian Authorities Grapple With Refugee Crisis (Jan 22)
Months of volcanic eruptions have displaced tens of thousands, forcing Indonesian authorities to grapple with a growing refugee crisis on Sumatra Island.

Over the past three months, daily eruptions from Mount Sinabung, a massif in Indonesia's far west, have displaced nearly 30,000 residents and caused millions of dollars in damage.

A handful of villages are being permanently relocated and the evacuation zone stretches between 3.1 and 4.3 miles down the mountain. Officials have a contingency plan to extend it to around six miles if activity worsens, which would raise the number of evacuees to almost 60,000 people. There is no telling when the eruptions will end.

The displaced around Sinabung are mainly small landholders who farm the fertile volcanic soils below the roughly 8,200-foot peak. Many have sold their livestock and are relying on government assistance.

The evacuees are housed and fed in mosques, churches and wedding halls in various degrees of comfort. In the largest mosque in Kabanjahe, the district seat, one group of more than 600 villagers has slept on floor mats since early November.

Since November, the mountain has been spewing gray ash as much as four miles into the sky. The spread of fine dust has coated the landscape and ash has traveled 35 miles to Medan, home to more than two million people.

Increasingly, the eruptions are accompanied by the more dangerous pyroclastic flows, the longest of which have extended about three miles down the mountain.

Part of the challenge in Indonesia, a sprawling country of 18,000 islands and more than 240 million people, is that disasters can strike in unison. In the past week, heavy rains have forced more than 40,000 people from their homes in the capital, Jakarta, and 15,000 more in the eastern island of Sulawesi.

Source

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303947904579336...

[jorge namour]

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Vanuatu Ambrym today 2014-01-22

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152209294092053&set=p...

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The Crater Lake on White Island - NEW ZEALAND 2014-01-22

The Crater Lake on White Island is continuing to grow with gas flux at elevated levels, but volcanic seismic activity remains low.

IMAGE: A view of the Crater Lake on Monday.

http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/62692-marine-volcanos-lake-rising.html

[Howard]

Kamchatkan Shiveluch Volcano Spews Ash 8.5 km High (Jan 21)
A relatively large explosion occurred this morning at the volcano.

An ash plume rose to estimated 28,000 ft (8 km) altitude and drifted WSW.

Following the eruption, the volcano continued to produce intense degassing and minor ash venting, and glow from the active lava dome is visible on night-time webcam images.

Sources

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kamchatka/sheveluch/news/41589/Shiv...

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_21/Kamchatkan-Shiveluch-Volca...

[jorge namour]

EL HIERRO- CANARIAS

January 17, 2014

AVCAN EXCLUSIVE: pumítico item appears floating in Arenas Blancas, El Hierro. AVCAN.ORG team has had access exclusively to a chart on the appearance today of volcanic material floating on the White Sands beach. MORE PICTURES ON THE LINK.

http://www.avcan.org/AvcanBlog/?p=804

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&a...

AVCAN.ORG team has had access exclusively to a chart on the appearance today of volcanic material floating on the White Sands beach. A source who prefers to remain anonymous has provided artwork about it, and we showed in the photo gallery you can see below.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152183315213447&set=a...

[Howard]

Mt Sinabung Eruptions Intensify, Over 26,000 Evacuated (Jan 14)

Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupted more than 30 times on Tuesday spewing lava and ash clouds over a wider area than before, forcing now more than 26,000 people to flee their homes.

The eruption produced the largest pyroclastic flows to date, reaching more than 5-6 km in length, with ash plumes rising to approximately 25,000 ft (8 km) altitude and over a 4.5 km radius.

Enormous clouds rose from the mountain, as thick layers of grey ash blanketed plantations and nearby houses.

Hot lava, which has been spewing from the volcano for the past two weeks, has flowed into a river and filled up valleys with pyroclastic material.

With the volcano erupting regularly, many of those who have left their homes since Sinabung started erupting in September have fallen ill, a local government official said.

"Some refugees are sick, coughing mainly, and they are also in need of clean water," Robert Peranginangin,a spokesman for Karo district.

Sources

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news/41316/Sinabung-volcan...

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/indonesian-...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indonesian-volcano-...

http://news.kuwaittimes.net/25000-flee-indonesia-volcano/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pictured-villagers-flee-vol...

[jorge namour]

Sunday, Jan 12 2014

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Indonesian volcano spews molten sulphur heated to more than 220F which gives off eerie flames.

http://dailym.ai/1aa8MBp

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537670/Blue-warmest-colour...

The volcano that spews BLUE lava: Crater shoots out molten sulphur that looks red during the day but changes colour at night

Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, produces molten suphur which leaks from its sides

At first glance you might think the otherworldly light in these pictures comes from a nebula or another planet deep in outer space.

In fact it is made by burning sulphur which pours from the side of the Kawah Ijen volcano on planet Earth. Continue ...