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The Al Alam Palace, ceremonial home of Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, can be seen on a bike tour of Muscat. (Image: Matthew Stangoni)
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The Muscat Gate, viewed from the window of a restored watch tower. (Image: Matthew Stangoni)
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Etna, Italy Every week seems to bring a new eruption from Sicily's Etna. Last weekend saw some more lava fountaining from the New Southeast Crater -- the 12th time this has happened in the last two...
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Galeras, Colombia Between April 10 to 16, the series of small earthquakes shook Galeras in Colombia. These earthquakes weren't very deep, only as far down as 14 km, which might suggest that a new batch...
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I've been negligent with news of volcanic activity over the last few weeks, so I thought I'd briefly update us on some notable events -- you can see the details over on the Smithsonian/USGS Global...
View ArticleRabaul, Papua New Guinea
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Over in Papua New Guinea, the Rabaul caldera actually had a quieter week than most. The active crater at Tavurvur still produced small plumes, but the "roaring and rumbling...
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Shiveluch, Russia Speaking of busy volcanoes, Shiveluch had a noisy week. The crater dome continued to grow (see above), producing pyroclastic flows as the dome collapses periodically. However, the...
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Tambora, Indonesia This news came from a few weeks ago, but one of the most famous volcanoes on Earth is rumbling. For the second time in the last three years, the CVGHM (Indonesia's volcano monitoring...
View ArticleTolbachik, Russia
Tolbachik, Russia To the south of Shiveluch is Tobalchik, still erupting rivers of basalt lava. It has now been over 5 months of almost constant effusive of lavas from Tolbachik, meaning that the lava...
View ArticleYasur, Vanuatu
Yasur, Vanuatu A few weeks back, it might have been quite a spectacle (and a dangerous one) if you were a tourist visiting the active volcano Yasur in Vanuatu. Eruptive activity there threw volcanic...
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Butterfly in the Sky Butterfly in the sky I can go twice as high Take a look It's in a book A Reading Rainbow.... (this is a portion of a song from a Television program for children...starring Levar...
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The Rude Crude Cosmos Earlier this week, the internet was captivated by an old picture from NASA's Spirit rover appearing to draw a big ol' dick in the Martian sand with its tracks. Now that everyone's...
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Icy Face of Enceladus This face-on colour view of Enceladus was taken by the international Cassini spacecraft on 31 January 2011, from a distance of 81 000 km, and processed by amateur astronomer...
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Goodbye Herschel This view of the Cygnus-X star-formation region by Herschel highlights chaotic networks of dust and gas that point to sites of massive star formation. The image combines data acquired...
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