• Volcano News: Shinmoedake volcano forms lava dome; danger of superheated gas rises - Mainichi Daily News

    Updated: 2011-01-29 08:08:58
    Jump to main text February 01, 2011 Company Profile Japanese Site Search articles Search photos Search News Perspectives Features Arts Entertainment Travel Weather National International Business Sports Odds Ends Home News Full Story News Shinmoedake volcano forms lava dome danger of superheated gas rises Ash billows out of Shinmoedake at around 1 p.m . on Jan . 28 in this image from a live-feed broadcast near the volcano . Photo courtesy of Kagoshima Prefectural Government KAGOSHIMA The Shinmoedake volcano has formed a lava dome within its main crater , researchers from the University of Tokyo have . discovered Shinmoedake has been erupting since Jan . 19, raining volcanic ash and stones on nearby communities and prompting school closings and . evacuations The lava dome , a build-up of

  • Volcano Heaven: A NICE WRITE UP...

    Updated: 2011-01-29 00:35:18
    A NICE WRITE UP AT: http://www.photoclique.com/2010/10/the-annenberg-space-for-photography-hosts-extreme-adventure-photographers-for-iris-nights-lecture-series-coinciding-with-extreme-exposure-exhibit/ XOXO Donna O’Meara and Steve

  • Volcano Heaven: BOOK SIGNING JUST ADDED!!! (FREE BUT GET A TICKET TO RESERVE...

    Updated: 2011-01-28 22:00:39
    . BOOK SIGNING JUST ADDED FREE BUT GET A TICKET TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT BLOWN AWAY LECTURE FOLLOWED BY BOOK SIGNING BY DONNA O’MEARADETAILS HERE : http : www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org events iris_nights.asp Donna will be on hand after her talk to sign her new book : VOLCANO : A VISUAL . GUIDE BOX OFFICE OPENS SOON DON’T MISS THIS EXCITING PRESENTATION by : Donna O’Meara Blown Away Thursday , March 10, 6:30-8:00pm HOURS Wed-Sun : 11am 6pm LOCATION 2000 Avenue of the Stars , 10 Los Angeles , CA 90067 CONTACT tel : 213.403.3000 Box office for this event opens Wednesday , March 2 at 12pm PT and Thursday , March 3 at 9:30am PT . Donna O’Meara is recognized worldwide as an award-winning photographer , author and expert on volcanoes . Her talk will describe her start shooting active volcanoes

  • Satellite Imagery of Natural Hazards from NASA Earth Observatory: Tropical Cyclone Bianca

    Updated: 2011-01-28 19:56:27
    Acquired January 28, 2011, this natural-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Bianca moving southward along the coast of Western Australia.

  • The NFL Pro Bowl Has Returned to Hawaii

    Updated: 2011-01-26 22:42:58
    Alooooooooooooooooooooohhhaaaaaaa Pro Bowlers, Discover Hawaii Tours would like to welcome you back to Hawaii. After taking a year hiatus in Miami, the Pro Bowl is back in Hawaii at Oahu’s Aloha Stadium. The all-star game was in Hawaii for 30 consecutive years until just last year it was moved to Miami. If you ask me, [...]

  • Skiing and Snowboarding in Hawaii

    Updated: 2011-01-21 23:03:02
    Imagine skiing or snowboarding down the summit of a mountain then 20 minutes later lying out on a beautiful tropical beach in paradise. One of the only places you can do that in the world happens to be right here in Hawaii on the Big Island. Never mind Hawaii is only about a 1000 miles [...]

  • How to Get a Closer Look at Kilauea’s Lava Flow

    Updated: 2011-01-21 20:51:49
    Good news for lava viewers! The Hawaii County Civil Defense recently announced they will be extending the lava viewing area at Kalapana. Kilauea volcano, in eruption for 28 years, continuously produces lava that flows into the ocean and now visitors can get a closer look at this natural phenomenon. This new and improved vantage point [...]

  • SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 5-11 January 2011

    Updated: 2011-01-13 08:58:46
    Here is the Weekly Volcanic Activity Report covering 5 to 11 January 2010, issued by the Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey and compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some selected highlights: Etna: still restless, with weak emissions, strombolian activity and degassing Kizimen: eruptive activity continues with continuous emissions to 6-8 km a.s.l. and ashfall [...]

  • Green Sea Turtles: Hawaii’s Original Beach Bums

    Updated: 2011-01-12 01:24:54
    Sunbathing is a perfect pastime for the Hawaii Sea Turtle, also know as Honu.

  • ‘Mobilities’: the humanities and social sciences take on Eyjafjallajökull

    Updated: 2011-01-11 10:13:56
    The current issue of the academic journal Mobilities, published by Taylor & Francis, is devoted to the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, under the title ‘Stranded: An Eruption of Disruption’.* The Eyjafjallajökull eruption has already been notable in the scholarly attention it has attracted from beyond the physical sciences - perhaps we are seeing the birth of an academic [...]

  • Volcano names: the female factor

    Updated: 2011-01-09 00:31:00
    ‘Can anyone tell me why volcanos are named after woman??’ asks Volcanism Blog correspondent Doris in a comment left on 22 December when I wasn’t here. I’ve looked at the issue of volcano names before on this blog, and very interesting it all is (‘From “throat of fire” to “many bats”: the naming of volcanoes’). As you’d [...]

  • Minor rumbles under Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull

    Updated: 2011-01-09 00:23:15
    Minor earthquakes have been recorded under Eyjafjallajökull and neighbouring Mýrdalsjökull, reports Iceland Review Online, but despite continuing rumblings marking the first few days of 2011 there are no signs of anything new and significant happening under the star volcano of 2010. ‘Scientists have speculated’, Iceland Review Online reminds us, ’that the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull might trigger [...]

  • Phivolcs keeps watch on restive Bulusan

    Updated: 2011-01-09 00:00:57
    The island of Luzon’s southernmost volcano, Bulusan, has been showing signs of restiveness recently with November and December 2010 marked by an upswing in seismicity and occasional explosions producing plumes (mostly low-level, but an ash plume reportedly reached 2.1 km a.s.l. on 24 December). The seismic activity has continued into the new year, with the most [...]

  • SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 29 December 2010 – 4 January 2011

    Updated: 2011-01-08 23:31:37
    The Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Reports enter their second decade of chronicling what the world’s volcanoes are up to with this week’s report, which covers 29 December 2010 to 4 January 2011 and is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some selected highlights: Etna: light ashfall, incandescence, vigorous strombolian activity Manam: new [...]

  • January 3rd 2011 Marked the 28th Anniversary of Mt. Kilauea Current Eruption

    Updated: 2011-01-06 04:56:37
    Its now been 28 years since Mt. Kilauea started erupting on the Big Island of Hawaii. Its east rift zone started erupting January 3rd 1983, and is still active today. Its presence is still strong having devastating two homes just last year in Kalapana Gardens. In 1990, Mt. Kilauea did its worst damage by destroying [...]

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