[Geology2] Volcano News 05/15/2010

Authorities alarmed over Taal Volcano worsening situation

-- MANILA – Philippine Authorities said Taal Volcano in Taal, Batangas is still in an alarming situation. This after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Tuesday that Alert Level 2 remains in the area. Phivolcs said it has recorded seven volcanic quakes throughout the night of Monday until early morning Tuesday wherein the strongest recorded was at 6 a.m. As this developed, the Batangas Provincial Schools Division suspended the opening of classes in Pulo Elementary School in Talisay town and Kalawit Elementary in Balete. Both schools are located in Volcano Island near the crater of Taal Volcano, officials said. Local officials said they were advised to postpone the opening of classes while the volcano's alert status remains in level 2.

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Papua New Guinea's Mount Ulawun Volcano Awareness Urged

Radio Australia
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:39 EDT

Disaster officials in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain Province are on alert as one of PNG's highest active volcano shows signs of an eruption. Mount Ulawun volcano in the Kimbe region has been emitting vapour over the last few weeks. Seismologist, Ima Itikarai says there's a strong possibility of an eruption and urged disaster officials to put contingency plans in place. There are up to 10,000 residents at the foot of Mount Ulawun volcano.

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Speaker: Ima Itikarai, Seismologist with PNG's Rabaul Volcanological Observatory

Presenter: Firmin Nanol

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Russian volcano Klyuchevskaya continues to spew fire onto its icy slopes

The forbidding slopes of Klyuchevskaya are covered in snow and barren rock. And at its peak, a volcanic eruption continues to spew ash and rock into the atmosphere.

According to NASA:

Klyuchevskaya Volcano on the Russian Federation's Kamchatka Peninsula continued to release a plume on June 12, 2010. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this false-color image the same day.

This image uses a combination of visible and near-infrared light. Vegetation doesn't thrive on Klyuchevskaya's rocky slopes, and the scene appears in shades of gray-a combination of rock, snow, cloud, and volcanic plume. Clouds form a semicircle around the northern half of the volcano, and the volcanic plume blows in the clouds' direction.

Klyuchevskaya (or Kliuchevskoi) is a stratovolcano. It's the highest and most active volcano on Kamchatka. Klyuchevskaya's summit crater has been modified by numerous geologically recent eruptions, including eruptions recorded since the late seventeenth century.

via NASA Earth Observatory

Image via NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

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