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White Island, New Zealand

White Island, New Zealand

Finally, we have White Island off the northern coast of New Zealand in the Bay of Plenty. The volcano has a moderate explosive eruption last week and the eruption was captured via webcam and helicopter video - but this activity was fairly ephemeral and GNS Science has lowered the aviation alert status at White Island back to Yellow from Red and the volcanic alert status to Level 1. However, as last week's eruption proves, these explosions can occur without much warning. You can keep tabs on White Island using GeoNet's webcams and webicorder for the island volcano.

Image: From ISS taken December 31, 2009. NASA.


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