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Fogo Volcano Erupts 

BREAKING: Pico Do Fogo volcano, one of the Cape Verde islands, erupted about 4 hours ago, INVOLCAN's Facebook account reported.No more information is available quite yet. A Google search turns up no news yet. The posted video showed a small ash plume a few thousand feet (estimated) high. The eruption does not appear to have occurred from the summit, so it could be a cinder cone building event. I will post more updates as they come in.Fogo volcano last erupted in 1995, with a cone building event [...]

Island of Fogo Is Having Volcanic Tremor 

The island of Fogo looks like something out of a sci fi fantasy movie. A massive island inlayed by a large caldera, with a spire-like volcanic cone in the center that looms high over the tropical landscape. Below the peak of Fogo (Pico do Fogo) lies a paved over, barren landscape, surprisingly home to houses and facilities built atop fresh lava flows. Fogo was one of the first volcanoes that fascinated me, given its striking appearance and remote location. To visit this volcano, for [...]