[Geology2] Merapi 2010

Merapi 2010: pyroclastic surges wreck villages in front of the world's press

 

 

PART 1. The eruption

 

When the lethal eruption of Soufriére Hills Volcano on Montserrat (SHV) occurred in 1997, digital photography was in its infancy and the press only heard of the disaster after about a day. When Mt Merapi in Indonesia erupted on 26 October 2010, the world's press and their photographers were nearby, reporting on a tsunami that had killed hundreds. Therefore such famous agencies as Reuters, AP and Getty Images all collected sets of top-quality images. Shortly afterwards a website related to the Boston Globe newspaper published a superb <SNIP>t of images from both events. I've used some of these photos to illustrate points made below. The "attributions" of each image can be found on the Boston website

. Click here to read the rest of this report and to see the number of imagesFurther excellent photos appeared on the websites of other newspapers etc worldwide and I have also used some of these.

*Warn

*Warning--images on 2nd page are fairly graphic*

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