VOLCANO!

Raise da roof, y'all.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/volcano-photos/images/primary/1_VOLCANO_461.jpg

Chile Volcano Erupts With Ash and Lightning

May 6, 2008—After 9,000 years of silence, Chile's Chaitén volcano is erupting with lava, ash—and lightning.

Since the volcano awoke on May 2, it has continued erupting intermittently, blanketing the area in ash and forcing more than 4,000 people to flee.

The mingling of lightning and ash seen above may be a "dirty thunderstorm."

The little-understood storms may be sparked when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collide to produce static charges—just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/2475394945_c1669b712c_o.jpg

holy shit

uh, yeah!

yeah, awesome - trying to find larger versions of those pics & others, came across these

http://i30.tinypic.com/2115fy9.jpg

http://i32.tinypic.com/2h2mhs8.jpg

also:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2hyw295.jpg

and a slightly bigger version of that first one jergins posted:

http://i29.tinypic.com/vraset.jpg

http://www.laughingplace.com/files/columns/Toon20051031/chernabog.jpg

another big one, desktop worthy: http://galacticcentral.org/imagebucket/volcano.jpg

yeah that one is the whaoaoa-ist

thanks!

some more, but small & no right-clicking:
http://megagalerias.terra.cl/galerias/index.cfm?id_galeria=30734

i mean whaoaoa-est

tho cld be both i guess

it was pretty photogenic before it erupted, too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80087527@N00/379188644/sizes/o/

It's the rare green bolt that adds the UH to the WOAH

looks like some huge hell cat

WOW

Love the idea of a "dirty thunderstorm"!

Would that be a filthy funk counterpart to the 'quiet storm' kind of radio show?

P.S. WHOOOOOAAAAAH

Some end of days type stuff, innit!

WHERE IS MY BIBLE

video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTPR6JvTmSY

Lower world's temperature by 30 degrees F? Surely we can just even it out with some more pollution?

amateur video - the speed of the white smoke & stuff is astonishing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WulX-WL2dQg

What exactly is the deal with the bolts of green lightning? I've never seen that before.

(that amateur video is amazing)

green lightning? I've never seen that before.

Neon lights have different colors depending on the composition of the gas where the electric flash happens. This lightning isn't happening in regular air but in volcanic gases.

(just guessing though, please correct me if I'm wrong)

Crazy video from that volcano in Hawaii:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7496813.stm

fuuuuuuuck

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2009/mar/19/tonga-underwater-volcano

30 seconds in is actually quite terrifying

neat

lol I thought this was the thread for that band Lou Jagz reps for.

whoa crazy

the way it seems to be making no sound at all is the spookiest but it's hard to tell how far away the eruption actually is from the boat

However far away the boat is, I wouldn't fancy being in it, what with the boiling sea.

not enough "HOOOOOLY SHIIIIITTT" and mad engine gunning.

'be ready to run away'

Seems weirdly quiet--I know it's all exploding underwater, but sound carries through water.

And as seen from orbit

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/37000/37572/tonga_amo_2009077.jpg

These pictures are all worth your time
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/undersea_eruptions_near_tonga.html

i want to go to there!

I'm still keeping an eye on this one, too:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/03/alaskans-have-b.html

Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times overnight

The updates at the Alaska Volcano Observatory site are kinda chilling in its delivery:

Redoubt Volcano Latest Observations
2009-03-23 07:46:00

The eruption of Redoubt volcano continues.

Ash plumes generated by the explosive bursts so far have all drifted to the north.

Ashfall advisories are available on the National Weather Service site http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/volcano.php

AVO's web camera near the volcano is no longer functioning

2009-03-23 06:30:07

Station RSO is no longer transmitting data as of 4:15am this morning. Data from other stations is intact. An ashfall advisory is in affect:
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/volcano.php

2009-03-23 04:37:08

Another large explosion is occurring at Redoubt.

2009-03-23 03:50:00

The eruption of Redoubt volcano continues. Ashfall advisories are available on the National Weather Service site http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/volcano.php

Ash is still being emitted from the volcano and the National Weather Service Ashfall Advisories will be updated with changing conditions.

2009-03-23 03:07:54

The eruption of Redoubt volcano continues. Ashfall advisories are available on the National Weather Service site http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/volcano.php.

Ash is still being emitted from the volcano and the National Weather Service Ashfall Advisories will be updated with changing conditions.

"My eyes are itching really bad," she said as she hurried to get out of the store and to her car.

Count your blessings. Then leave town.

http://claralieu.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/pompeii-dead.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristjanfreyr/4479155519/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thordurb/4483215314/sizes/o/in/pool-49503041731@N01/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristjanfreyr/4477165094/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raudkollur/4483299773/sizes/o/in/pool-44796310@N00/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thordurb/4482565911/sizes/o/in/pool-49503041731@N01/

I so wish i could get to see those and get shots :(

pretty sick
http://vimeo.com/11673745

^ great!

nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZYwpf0sARk

this is the one to look forward to, eyjafjallajokull isn't shit by comparison (or so they say)

Following the 2010 eruptions, on 20 April 2010 Icelandic President Ólafur Grímsson said "the time for Katla to erupt is coming close ... we [Iceland] have prepared ... it is high time for European governments and airline authorities all over the world to start planning for the eventual Katla eruption"[15].

also laki

The system erupted over an 8 month period during 1783-1784 from the Laki fissure and the adjoining Grímsvötn volcano, pouring out an estimated 14 km3 (3.4 cu mi) of basalt lava and clouds of poisonous hydrofluoric acid/sulfur-dioxide compounds that killed over 50% of Iceland's livestock population, leading to famine which killed approximately 25%[4] of the population.

The Laki eruption has been estimated to have killed over two million people[5] globally, making it the deadliest volcanic eruption in historical times. The drop in temperatures, due to the sulfuric dioxide gases spewed into the northern hemisphere, caused crop failures in Europe, droughts in India, and Japan experienced its worst famine.

I bet i win the lottery tonight and the world ends before they get it in my bank account!

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/30/article-0-0A414CE3000005DC-989_964x548.jpg

Bjötiful!

Lots of great pics: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/02/a-year-of-volcanic-activity/4/

click on the http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg under each one for embiggening

Great find Stan.

Apparently there's another one in Iceland getting ready to rumble :/

Here it is...
http://www.financenews.co.uk/fnews/could-we-be-in-for-more-air-travel-chaos-as-new-iceland-volcano-set-to-erupt/

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/06/volcano_erupts_in_chile.html

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/chile1/bp22.jpg

holy crap

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/chile1/bp32.jpg

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/another_icelandic_eruption_gri.html

it's cool u just have to go thru the Oblivion gate and close it down

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDdwIzAjZ18

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/chile1/bp8.jpg

Some of that looks like it's upside down, I thought. So...

http://i55.tinypic.com/348pzti.jpg

That's because the sun's setting and the light's below the the levelling cloud/ash.

My god, White Island volcano in New Zealand erupted today for first time since 2001. My family and I had gotten off it 20 minutes before, were waiting at our boat about to leave when we saw it. Boat ride home tending to people our boat rescued was indescribable. #whiteisland pic.twitter.com/QJwWi12Tvt

— Michael Schade (@sch) December 9, 2019

Horror story.

Mount Sinabung, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Breaking: Mount Sinabung Volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia, has erupted. pic.twitter.com/j7oKA6nr0g

— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) August 10, 2020

Live feed from Fagradalsfjall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O46nVKTdpBc

St Vincent under threat from La Soufrière: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/09/st-vincent-volcano-island-eruption/

This album launch for Daddy's Home has truly gotten out of hand!

LIVE: Volcano erupts on La Palma in the Canary Islands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmQVquojJfo

Woah.

is this lad related to the pending landslip that will cause a mile-high tsunami across the atlantic?

Volcanic eruption on the island of Palma (December 1, 2021, Canary Islands) #volcano #eruption #LaPalma #LaPalmaVolcano #LaPalmaEruption #CumbreVieja pic.twitter.com/LDcAxWtNBb

— Aleksander Onishchuk (@Brave_spirit81) December 2, 2021

it depends

the whole side of the island collapsing in one go is highly unlikely but the truth doesn't get as many clicks.

the more clicks the more its true

stay safe everyone :(

Tonga's Hunga Tonga volcano just had one of the most violent volcano eruptions ever captured on satellite. pic.twitter.com/M2D2j52gNn

— US StormWatch (@US_Stormwatch) January 15, 2022

Shit going on in Iceland right now, and Mt. Etna erupting in Italy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiGBKs65A5g

And now Mexico!

❗🌋🇲🇽 - This is the current situation at the #Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico this morning. pic.twitter.com/jnYa6A5jLe

— 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformantofc) November 13, 2023

Meanwhile, back in Iceland ...

New aerial footage from Grindavik, Iceland, shows a large crack in the center of the town with apparent steam emanating from it. pic.twitter.com/Mjlxafr8ot

— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) November 13, 2023

that's not good, steam coming from your crack

is there any worth to supposing world leaders know something we dont

twould explain the last few years better than logic

I just spent several minutes fruitlessly searching for a gif of Jon Pertwee saying, "Listen to that! It's the sound of the planet screaming out its rage!"

worzel writers really were out to challenge kids back then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_World_Screamed

^^^at the close of this professor challenger story every volcano on earth erupts at once

wikipedia doesn't really do this story justice: what challenger actually does is jab the beast whose shell is the earth's crust with a SHARP DRILL IN ITS NAKED BUTT, hence the screams and volcanoes etc

Wait wut

🚨 NEWS: New island appears after the eruption of an underwater volcano in Japan.pic.twitter.com/LmxU1yZ6lB

— Amazing Astronomy (@MAstronomers) November 12, 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey

... from which...

It is believed that some boys who sneaked over from Heimaey by rowboat planted potatoes, which were promptly dug up once discovered.[20] An improperly managed human defecation resulted in a tomato plant taking root, which was also destroyed.[20]

i remember watching the news footage of surtsey with my dad, he was so excited about it!

if i understood the youtube i just watched, grindavik endured 900 earthquakes in the last 24 hours, that's too many earthquakes IMO

Yeah, I know how little volcanic islands form, I'm just noticing a lot of volcano stuff going on right now. Earth is mad.

Unhinged?

Steamin' mad.

live earthquake map
https://vafri.is/quake/

peak vulcanism

most of the measurements are at svartsengi, the geothermal power plant with the blue lagoon, 4 km north of Grindavik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama%CA%BBehuakanaloa_Seamount

Can't wait for the next Hawaiian island to surface in 10k-100k years

Philippines joining in on the fun! #VOLCANOERUPTION https://t.co/fxPtTCNg32

— Mt. St. Helens (@MtStHelensWA) November 14, 2023

https://www.newsweek.com/nineteen-volcanoes-erupt-same-time-1843702

Scientists say this is all totally normal, only worry if they stop erupting

"What happens when they stop erupting?"

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.
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"Bass solo!"

no idea of the predictions that can be made from this but the tempo of the Iceland quakes seems to be slowing down and they're moving towards the center of the country

https://vafri.is/quake/

ignore that location thing, it's all still around Grindavik - (phone screen not ideal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3r4WFbadlM

Saw an Icelandic vulcanologist being interviewed this morning, appearing somewhat underwhelmed by this volcano and disappointed the eruption hadn't been more violent.

I wonder if Icelandic children play 'hot lava' on actual hot lava

Icelandic vulcanologist

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQwMjQzNzk2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjY1MTY3MTE@._V1_.jpg

Hours after the Grindavik inhabitants were evacuated (they were home for three weeks after the eruption ended)... here we go again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804nPrAUAxg

the lava is reaching the houses of Grindavik :(

hildur knútsdóttir on bluesky (@hildur.bsky.social) is keeping close watch if ppl want occasional informed commentary (she lives 30km away)

i just discovered that the icelandic term for inhabits of grindavik is grindvikings

i have found the john burningham illustration that turned my tiny little sister's reading into a family saying still in occasional use more than 50 years on = "V IS FOR PUDDING"

https://johnburningham.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/V-Volcano-1024x641.jpg

live feed so what we see will change but right now this is a striking view

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKVwD_JZmFA

snapshot for future viewers:

https://i.imgur.com/IfRWwQ2.png

awesome

https://cdn.antaranews.com/cache/1200x800/2024/04/17/IMG_20240417_044622-1.jpg.webp

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLTfZ6OXQAAQrru.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBSGvFuW8NI

Woahhh. Was just reading about Mount Tambora in 1815 and how it caused a year-long cold snap worldwide.

every month?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804nPrAUAxg

😔😔😔😔

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/g-s1-93589/campi-flegrei-italy-super-volcano-earthquakes-evacuate-potential-eruption

Video of V3cam being destroyed by lava fountain at Hawaii Volcano Observatory - Dec 6, 2025
https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/december-6-2025-video-v3cam-being-destroyed-lava-fountain

hypnotic!!