In case you missed it, Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland recently began erupting. There's a satellite image at NASA's Earth Observatory and it's been well-covered in a number of geological blogs, including Eruptions. But the most amazing thing to me is that you can watch it yourself, live, on streaming video with a fast frame rate. Go at night and you can see the glowing lava still fountaining from the vent. Enjoy, but be forewarned. If you are prone to being distracted, this could seriously impair your productivity.
There's more information at the Nordic Volcanological Institute:
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There's a really nice piece of video here
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The video shows the fire fountains, an aa flow, and some video of the aa flow forming a "lava fall" as it drops into a river gorge
Hi Dave,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the video. Awesome! I was expecting to see the Kroft's walking on the edge of the eruption. They would have been there.
Ron Fabich
Pres. - Ohio Earth Science Teachers Association
Reg. Dir. & States Coord - National Earth Science Teachers Association
Member - Ohoi's Science Standards and HS Graduation Test Committees
Here is another great blog with lots of info:
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