Now along with the Mount Merapi volcano in Indonesia, there's another volcano spewing ash and terrifying residents: Anak Krakatau. The volcano is currently on Level 2 alert. And two other Indonesian volcanoes are one level below a full alert.
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted for the third time today, sending ash nearly 20 miles from the mountain. At least 35 people have died and nearly 50,000 people who live nearby have moved to government run camps.
This is amazing. Here's footage of James Reynolds (and colleagues) abseiling into the lava-spitting heart of the Marum volcano in Vanuatu in order to "document the raging lava lake up close." Once you pick your jaw up, watch the video.
A recent YouTube sensation features footage of a mountaineer seemingly 300 feet from molten lava. Always there to protect the integrity of the Internet, GMA an expert in "visual forensics" to answer the question on everyone's minds: is it real?
[Indonesian government vulcanologists admitted they hadn't been paying attention to or measuring seismic activity at Mount Sinabung, which has been spewing clouds of hot ash and smoke for the first time since 1600. "Our bad," they said. Pic via AP.]
The Mount Sinabung volcano, which until yesterday had been dormant for 400 years, erupted again today shortly after authorities said everything was "back to normal." At least 21,000 people have been evacuated from the area. [AP]
A volcano that has been dormant for 400 years erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, sending smoke and ash a mile into the air, and forcing the evacuation of at least 10,000 people.
In a country with over twenty volcanoes, it's a tradition in El Salvador to throw flaming balls of fire at each other to show their respect for them. Check it out, CNN even gives you the recipe for the fireballs!
[Clouds cluster at the summit of Papua New Guinea's Manam Volcano as it releases a thin, faint plume, visible to the volcano's Northwest. Pic, by NASA's Earth Observing-1 Satellite, via AP]
We could handle it when Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced: "Jerk") was stranding people in airports and crippling global economies, but now it's gone too far. Due to the latest ash cloud, the big stars may not be able to get to Cannes.
That damn volcano has already cost airlines an estimated $1.7 billion. Prepare to pay a surcharge for breathing on your next flight. [BBC]
Because the cloud of ash has enveloped us! Well, it's skimmed Newfoundland. And it's supposed to be blown away from North America by a change in winds tomorrow. So, on second thought, forget it. Did you see that iPhone!? [Reuters]
An armada of small ships set off from Dover to rescue Britons stranded in France by the Icelandic volcano. But the French seem to have forgotten the unity of WW2 and have denied the ships entry into its ports. [NYT]
Most people believe the Iceland volcano is caused by plate tectonics. How quaint. Crazy people have some other theories, and they are way more fun. Stop drinking your fluoridated water for a second and explore the truth behind Eyjafjallajökull.
[The thick layer of ash emitted by the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull will ground flights across northern Europe until midday Friday at the earliest, but if nothing else those Scandinavians are in for some killer volcanic sunsets. Image via Oter's Flickr]
Volcanic ash from Iceland is significantly disrupting flights in and out of the UK.
Do you need context, for this? A Fox correspondent says Philippines is covered in ash, because of a volcano, so "in a way they're having a white christmas." So nice of Jesus to blanket them in His loving sulfur!
