Valley of 10,000 Smokes, Alaska
Valley of 10,000 Smokes, Alaska This year was the 100th anniversary of the Katmai-Novarupta-Valley of 10,000 Smokes eruption in Alaska, probably the largest eruption of the 20th century. When you erupt...
View ArticleBezymianny, Russia
Bezymianny, Russia Bezymianny, also in Kamchatka, is one of the more picturesque volcanoes on the planet, with the healing avalanche scarp - like a fast-forward of Washington's St. Helens. This NASA...
View ArticleHeard Island, Indian Ocean
Heard Island, Indian Ocean In the Indian Ocean sits one of Australia's few active volcanoes (albeit not on the Australian continent): Heard Island. It has erupted numerous times over the last century,...
View ArticleAlaid, Russia
Alaid, Russia Although not well-known, Alaid in the Kurile Islands has produced some of the largest explosive eruptions in the western Pacific island arc (and that includes the impressive Sarychev Peak...
View ArticleShasta, California
Shasta, California Much like Kilimanjaro (the tallest mountain in Africa), Shasta is a monster of a volcano. Unlike Kilimanjaro, Shasta is an subduction-related volcano rather than a rift volcano, but...
View ArticleKizimen, Russia
Kizimen, Russia Another recent entry in the GVP Reports has been Kizimen, where fresh lava flows have been spotted on the flanks of the Kamchatka volcano. This image (above) show the mostly steam plume...
View ArticleToba, Indonesia
Toba, Indonesia For quite some time, the theory that the Toba eruption ~74,000 years ago caused a "genetic bottleneck" in human populations has been floated. This theory, by no means, is accepted by...
View ArticleIndonesia Arc
Indonesian Arc Another recent research study in Geophysical Research Letters used satellite data - namely inSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) to measure how much volcanoes along the...
View ArticleKilimanjaro, Tanzania
This week flew by for various reasons, so I thought I'd at least try to end the week with a bang. I haven't run a Vulcan's View since the summer, so it seemed like it was time to take a look down on...
View ArticleNov 8, 2012
White Dwarf Dance Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a pair of stars orbiting each other at the centre of one of the most remarkable examples of a planetary nebula. The new...
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