VOLCANO MADNESS: Re: [Geology2] Volcano News 1-23-2013

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Re: [Geology2] Volcano News 1-23-2013

Nope, Vic. Didn't miss it. And somehow, I managed to not post the following yesterday morning. Doh. Not enough coffee, is all I can say. :-)

Four Erupting Volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula

Shiveluch

acquired January 11, 2013

Bezymianny

acquired January 11, 2013

Tolbachik

acquired January 11, 2013

Kizimen

acquired January 11, 2013 download large Kizimen image (8 MB, JPEG, 7071x14296)

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has the highest concentration of active volcanoes on Earth. Separated by only 180 kilometers (110 miles), Shiveluch, Bezymianny, Tolbachik, and Kizimen were all erupting simultaneously on January 11, 2013.

The activity of these four volcanoes was captured during a single orbit by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA's Terra satellite. These four false-color (near infrared, red, and green) images show Shiveluch, Bezymianny, Plotsky-Tolbachik, and Kizimen in detail.

The Shiveluch and Bezymianny eruptions are both characterized by a growing lava dome—thick, pasty lava that forms a mound as it is extruded. Tolbachik, one of the few shield volcanoes on Kamchatka, is erupting in a dramatically different manner. The thin, runny lava flows easily, forming low and broad flows similar to those in Hawai'i. In this image the lava remains hot enough to glow in near-infrared light.

Kizimen's lava is not as viscous as that at Shiveluch and Bezymianny, but not as fluid as Tolbachik's. The intermediate lava forms thick, blocky flows bordered by tall levees. Rocks and ash frequently fall from Kizimen's summit and the fresh lava flow on its eastern flank, creating dark, fan-shaped debris deposits.

References
Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team. (2013, January 17) Kamchatka and the Northern Kuriles volcanoes: Erupting or Restless. Accessed January 18, 2013.
Klemetti, Erik. (2013, January 18) Four New Cinder Cones from the Ongoing Tolbachik Eruption in Russia. Accessed January 18, 2013.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80226

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Victor Healey <vic.healey@me.com> wrote:

Lin, you totally missed the news of whats happening in Russia.

There are three volcano's in intense eruption in their NE.

I had three separate articles on these i was going to forward you Lin for your comment and I lost it all when my wife used an iPad to read our email.

That bloody iCloud automatically removes them from all our other devices when she deletes messages that we both have read.

The sheer intensity of the eruptions in the same general area surprised me, probably the Russians too.

On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com> wrote:

Volcano activity of January 22, 2013