Posts treating: "Eruption"
Thursday, 23 June 2016
According to news report on Vísir.is (Icelandic), it appears that Bárðarbunga volcano is continuing to inflate at the same rate as it has been doing since the eruption ended in Holuhraun in the end of February 2015. Gas … Continue reading
I'm blogging Richard Waitt's excellent book about the May 18, 1980 eruption as I read it. Join me for more In the Path of Destruction goodness! And pick up your own copy at the link below.
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On Wednesday 25-May-2016 a small earthquake swarm took place in Grímsfjall volcano (also known as Grímsvötn), none of the earthquakes that took place managed to reach the magnitude 1,0, many of the earthquakes where shallow and might be … Continue reading
Today (20-May-2016) a magnitude 4,4 earthquake took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. This is the strongest earthquake so far since the end of the eruption in February-2015. This earthquake swarm also had two magnitude 3,3 earthquakes. Other earthquakes where … Continue reading
It's the thirty-sixth anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Please take a moment to remember those who died that beautiful May morning, and to appreciate the power of a volcano to change...
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We continue our journey through the USGS database full of delicious Mount St. Helens photos. Today, I have a fine selection spanning before, during, and after the May 18 1980 eruption. Enjoy!
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The 1980 eruptive sequence completely changed the landscape around Mount St. Helens. Geologists flocked there to measure and investigate, taking thousands of photos in the process. I'm gathering some...
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If you haven't stood in front of Mount St. Helens, it's hard to get a feel for how truly enormous the crater left by the May 1980 eruption is. But thanks to a handy sight-seeing helicopter, perhaps I...
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VOLCANO SIMULATOR was developed by the Alaska Museum of Science & Nature.You can change the silica content and see the resulting rock type, change the type of eruption and type of volcano. According to the type you have chosen you will be able to see what it looks like in the day and at night, read the pressure, lava temperature and lava viscosity and see the accompanying seismograph.
Bárðarbunga volcano continues it earthquake activity and it has now been a year since the eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano ended in Holuhraun (article I wrote about it can be found here). This activity (image) took place on 2-March-2016. … Continue reading
I put a lot of work into this website. It mostly happens when something is going on in Iceland, earthquake swarm or an eruption. But between those times things are quiet in Iceland the traffic to this website … Continue reading
Photographing an eruption while you're in the path of it is fraught with difficulty. Plus: helpful tips on surviving an ash cloud.
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USGS Geologist Richard Waitt's In the Path of Destruction chronicles the cataclysmic May 18th, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Join us for nail-biting survivors' stories and explosive volcanic...
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Current earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano is going to be a regular feature until next eruption. Due to that I won’t write about all the earthquakes that happens, just when a magnitude 3,0 or larger earthquakes take place. … Continue reading
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In the digital era of instant communication, breaking news of volcanic eruptions usually arrive image-first. This year, spectacular eruptions of Calbuco (Chile), Fuego (Guatemala) and Etna (Italy) have all made it into the end-of-year ‘top tens‘, in glorious multicolour detail. But when was the first photograph taken that captured one instant during a volcanic eruption? And which was the first such photograph to make it into print? One example may be the April 1872 eruption of [...]
Richard Waitt's In the Path of Destruction tells the stories of the folks who survived the cataclysmic May 18th, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. In this edition, we learn that the key to survival...
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The next up in our Drunk on Geology series is Black Butte Porter from Deschutes Brewery out of Bend, OR. (Also home to the Obsidian Stout and the Inversion IPA)Although "butte" is a generic geological term for an isolated mountain jutting out of the landscape (dictionary.com), Black Butte is a specific mountain located within Oregon.Location of Black Butte, Oregon.Here is the geology of Black Butte from the Oregon.com webpage:As you drive toward the flats of [...]
I'm about to show you one of the most delicious results of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. But first, I need to introduce you to the South Side Approach! It's got some really...
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A new conceptual model of the magma system below Mono Lake and Mono Craters in eastern California gives scientists a more detailed understanding of volcanic processes at depth and a better model for forecasting volcanic unrest. The accuracy and high resolution of the new three-dimensional images of the magma chambers and volcanic “plumbing” below Mono Basin give scientists a better understanding of their size, shape and where the next eruption might