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**Anne O'Mally**

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erebus.html
Erebus volcano
stratovolcano 3794 m / 12,447 ft
Antarctica, -77.53°S / 167.17°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
webcams: http://webcams.volcanodiscovery.com/Erebus

current volcano map:
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html

go ahead, get a fresh pair of nappies.

red alert list:

Europe and Atlantic Ocean:

Etna (Sicily (Italy))
Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy)

Africa and Indian Ocean:

Ol Doinyo Lengai (Tanzania)
Erta Ale (Ethiopia)
Nyiragongo

Indonesia:

Karangetang (Siau Island, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia)
Dukono (Halmahera, Indonesia)
Lokon-Empung (North Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia)
Semeru (East Java, Indonesia)
Batu Tara (Sunda Islands, Indonesia)

Central America and Carribean:

Popocatépetl (Central Mexico)
Santa María / Santiaguito (Guatemala)
Fuego (Guatemala)

Pacific Ocean:

Kilauea (Hawai'i)
Ulawun (New Britain, Papua New Guinea)
Manam (Papua New Guinea)
Havre Seamount (Kermandec Islands)
Yasur (Tanna Island, Vanuatu)
Ambrym (Vanuatu )

Ring of Fire (Kurile Islands to Philippines):

Shiveluch (Kamchatka)
Kliuchevskoi (Kamchatka)
Bezymianny (Kamchatka, world)
Kizimen (Eastern Kamchatka (Russia))
Sakurajima

Other regions:

Erebus (Antarctica)

**Anne O'Mally**

THESE are the places to watch for earthquakes.

also be interesting to see how many fish and wildlife kills happened in these areas in the last year.

...off i go...:P

**Anne O'Mally** · (This post was last modified: 08-21-2012 04:40 AM by Anne O'Mally.)

Preceding the effusion of the new flow, there had been a strong increase of activity since 16 August including seismic tremor, steam and ash emissions and loud explosions audible in nearby towns such as Ambato.

sound familiar? i wonder what residents smelled prior?

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/view_new...-flow.html

Monday, Aug 20, 2012
Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador), eruption update: strong ash emissions, pyroclastic flows and explosions
Pyroclastic flow deposit from the evening of 18 Aug (IGEPN)
Pyroclastic flow deposit from the evening of 18 Aug (IGEPN)
Tremor on current seismogram (RETU station) (IG)
Tremor on current seismogram (RETU station) (IG)
The eruption continues with constant steam and ash emissions generating a plume 1.5 km above the crater, intermittent cannon-shot-like explosions of moderate strength, which eject blocks of considerable size, and pyroclastic flows reaching 1.5 km distance. During 19 Aug, 4 pyroclastic flows were counted that went towards the areas of Cusúa and La Pirámide. ...more [read all]

good graph log of this, great pics included:

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua/news.html

~~Aunt Flo~~ · **~~Aunt Flo~~** Banned User ID: 107186 08-21-2012 04:42 AM **Posts: 2,284**

Is that Joan Crawford or Loretta Young?

**Anne O'Mally** · (This post was last modified: 08-21-2012 04:53 AM by Anne O'Mally.)

Aunt Flo Wrote:

Is that Joan Crawford or Loretta Young?

joan, from 'the birds.' ;)

isn't that alice?

**Anne O'Mally**

Volcanic activity world-wide 20 August:
Tungurahua, El Hierro, Popocatépetl, Nevado del Ruiz, Krisuvik, Batu Tara, Sakurajima

Monday Aug 20, 2012 16:17 PM | Age: 1 min
BY: T

pretty exciting stuff, good website!

a couple blurbs:

The seismic swarm at El Hierro island continues, but the number of quakes has been decreasing. Yesterday, only 8 weak quakes (all below M2) were recorded. Today there have been 5 quakes so far, and it seems that the strength of the earthquakes is increasing, the latest quake today being a M2.7 event at 20 km depth under the western tip of the island.

The activity of Popocatépetl in Mexico has decreased again after the increase of explosions on 18 Aug. The number of (mostly small) explosions has dropped from about 4 per hour during 18-19 Aug to only one every 2 hours during 19 Aug. A strong SO2 plume was visible on yesterday's NOAA image.

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fr/popoc...lava-.html

(the plume)

**Anne O'Mally** · (This post was last modified: 08-21-2012 05:32 PM by Anne O'Mally.)

OH SHITE!!! a friend just found a very very hot spot in the GOM... cannot upload pics, but, here's a highly disturbing article about this, and specifically as it relates in the GOM:

asphalt volcano

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt_volcano

Asphalt volcanoes are ocean floor vents that erupt asphalt instead of lava. They were discovered in the Gulf of Mexico during an expedition of the research vessel SONNE, led by Gerhard Bohrmann of the DFG Research Center Ocean Margins. On these volcanoes a previously unknown highly diverse ecosystem at a water depth of 3,000 meters was discovered. The discovery was reported in Science.[2]

The tar is relatively hot when it comes out of the seafloor, but just like undersea lava flows, it is quickly cooled by the much colder seawater around it.[2] This produces forms similar to the distinctive A'a and pahoehoe types of basalt lava flow seen in places like Hawaii. Another similarity is that the tar heats methane hydrate and causes it to explode into a free gas, similar to the action hot lava has on groundwater in phreatomagmatic eruptions.[3]

**Sunny**

Anne OMally Wrote:

Aunt Flo Wrote:
Is that Joan Crawford or Loretta Young?

joan, from 'the birds.' ;)

isn't that alice?

It's Flo

**Anne O'Mally**

Sunny Wrote:

Anne OMally Wrote:
Aunt Flo Wrote:
Is that Joan Crawford or Loretta Young?

joan, from 'the birds.' ;)

isn't that alice?

It's Flo

lava flo??? :P

btw i had a pic of joan crawford in 'the birds' as my avatar until last night, hence the convo...;)

**Anne O'Mally** · (This post was last modified: 08-21-2012 11:09 PM by Anne O'Mally.)

clearly there is absolutely no interest in volcanic activity, which tells me a lot...i am going to keep putting this info up though because i am finding some interesting info...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...nderwater/

Huge Asphalt Volcanoes Discovered Off California
Ancient eruptions created "extensive hard bottoms" for sea life to colonize.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/asphalt-...spill.html

World's Oldest Oil Spills: Asphalt 'Volcanoes'
These undersea mounds of asphalt have been leaking oil for tens of thousands of years.

The asphalt volcanoes are found beside large pits thought to be the dregs of large, sudden methane releases. These rapid emissions are thought to be responsible for huge die-offs of marine life in the area, as well as possibly contributing to past global climate changes, given that methane is a potent greenhouse gas.

"I can see that this mechanism related to asphalt volcanism -- seepage of heavy oil -- may account for punctuated events of methane release in the history of the basin," observed Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, professor of organic geochemistry at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Hinrichs' research has focused on sudden eruptions of methane from the sea floor. The pits beside the asphalt volcanoes also pencil out an amount of methane in the same ballpark of what Hinrichs estimated came out of the sea floor during an event 44,000 years ago, he said.

As for how something like oil can build up as asphalt on the ocean floor, that's something researchers think they might have worked out.

**•REC** · (This post was last modified: 08-21-2012 11:11 PM by •REC.)

Anne OMally Wrote:

clearly there is absolutely no interest in volcanic activity, which tells me a lot...i am going to keep putting this info up though because i am finding some interesting info...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...nderwater/

Huge Asphalt Volcanoes Discovered Off California
Ancient eruptions created "extensive hard bottoms" for sea life to colonize.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/asphalt-...spill.html

World's Oldest Oil Spills: Asphalt 'Volcanoes'
These undersea mounds of asphalt have been leaking oil for tens of thousands of years.

The asphalt volcanoes are found beside large pits thought to be the dregs of large, sudden methane releases. These rapid emissions are thought to be responsible for huge die-offs of marine life in the area, as well as possibly contributing to past global climate changes, given that methane is a potent greenhouse gas.

"I can see that this mechanism related to asphalt volcanism -- seepage of heavy oil -- may account for punctuated events of methane release in the history of the basin," observed Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, professor of organic geochemistry at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Hinrichs' research has focused on sudden eruptions of methane from the sea floor. The pits beside the asphalt volcanoes also pencil out an amount of methane in the same ballpark of what Hinrichs estimated came out of the sea floor during an event 44,000 years ago, he said.

As for how something like oil can build up as asphalt on the ocean floor, that's something researchers think they might have worked out.

People like to read. chuckle

It is a very popular topic here.

Thanks for updates. Cheers

**TurtleCreeWoman**

I also watch this stuff. I was just reading about Italy and a super volcano there, seems they are drilling into it despite fears from doing so.
http://zen-haven.dk/italy-begins-drillin...-millions/

This article has some pictures and info about the seismic activity in
several places recently

http://beforeitsnews.com/earthquakes/201...43524.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 08-21-2012 11:25 PM **Posts: 20,383**

Here is our old thread with tons of info..hasn't been updated for a while though.

http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-Current-...ee-page-31

**Anne O'Mally**

•REC Wrote:

People like to read.

It is a very popular topic here.

Thanks for updates.

ah good, thank you! i am 'de-programming' from the other, if you know what i mean, not sure how different things are here.

the asphalt volcanoes came up this morning because a friend posted a very hot spot in the gulf of mexico this morning, screenshot on radar.

have no idea how to post pics, doesn't work for me, did want to share it though.

**Anne O'Mally**

•REC Wrote:

Here is our old thread with tons of info..hasn't been updated for a while though.

http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-Current-...ee-page-31

eek, 31 pages, LOL! i'm interested in seeing how the differences between active volcanoes then were compared to now. i hadn't looked at them for a few months and was pretty astonished by how many that have progressed to red and escalated from lower level warnings.