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Just home from Auckland after seeing two of our daughters who live up there. This is the view from Mt Eden towards the Harbour. The crator of the volcano is still evident though the volcano is extinct.
Edit: you can just see a person walking on the left above the crator to give some idea of scale.
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Dangers to NZ's largest city!
from Wikipedia
Since the volcano field is not extinct, new volcanic events may occur at any time, though the usual period between events averages between hundreds and thousands of years. However, the effects of such an event, especially a full-scale eruption, would be substantial – ranging from pyroclastic surges, earthquakes, lava bombs, ash falls, venting volcanic gas to lava flows. These effects might continue for several months and cause substantial destruction and disruption. ... One possibility is that more than one volcano may erupt in Auckland at one time. There is strong evidence that five erupted within a span of 50 years or less, approximately 32,000 years ago.
Auckland has a seismic monitoring network comprising six seismometers (including one 250 m deep at Riverhead) and three repeaters within the Auckland Region that will pick up the small tremors likely to precede any volcanic activity. These tremors are likely to give some hours to some days of warning about an impending eruption and its approximate location.
When does this volcano ever not look amazing? I am forever in awe... If you didn't know, today, 5/18/16.is the 36th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens here in Washington State.
It was amazing to watch.
It has been a long time since the last time I came here (Tagaytay). It goes way back in 13 years ago during our college tours but was really disappointed when it (Taal) was then shrouded with a thick fog, the weather then was not cooperating.... a case of bad timing.
So I guess this is my first time to see the majestic volcano. There are so many restaurants now than before remembering clearly that it was the Taal Vista that was more visited at that time ;-0
Back to my comfort zone~my take in Mono
Taal Lake is a freshwater lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The lake is situated within a caldera formed by very large eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago. It is the country's third largest lake (the largest being Laguna de Bay). The active Taal Volcano, which is the one responsible for the lake's sulfuric content, lies on an island in the center of the lake, called Volcano Island. The island is called pulo or islet by the locals.
Taal Lake was once just an arm of Balayan Bay. However, after a series of major eruptions in the 16th century, the lake was closed off from the sea by newly-formed land bridges. Taal Lake's sole connection to the sea narrowed down into its sole draining river, the Pansipit River. Several centuries of precipitation have diluted the lake's once-saline waters into pure freshwater.
Succeeding eruptions buried numerous lakeside towns. Presently, only three towns are on the lake's shore. Old lakeside towns with buildings and walls are reported to be seen under the lake's waters. wikipedia
Leslies Restaurant, Tagaytay City, Batangas, Philippines
Located in southern Peru near the city of Arequipa, this volcano was an amazing sight walking around the old city streets. The last eruption was in 1985.
The Geldingadalur volcano is a relatively 'young' part of Iceland; all of the Reykjanes Peninsula is.
We started our day at midnight with a cold motorbike ride up the base of this volcano on to see the infamous blue flames. Motivated by our excitement, we hiked up to the rim and descended into the crater in record time. It wasn't long before we had to don our gas masks for the noxious sulfuric smoke. At times, the smoke was so thick It would completely engulf us, inducing a bout of violent coughing. Down near the lake you can see the blue flames from the combustion of the sulfuric gases. It didn't look much different from a gas stove and certainly wasn't worth the smell and stinging eyes!
Despite our disappointment, we held out hope for a sunrise. And boy it did not disappoint! The plumes of sulfuric gas, along with fast-moving fog, created a surreal light show. Evelyn said she got whiplash from rapidly turning her head from side to side, trying to not miss anything. I will have more images to share from this morning to be sure!
Male throat varies from steely grayish-purple to bright magenta; note short straight bill and rufous in tail. Female similar to Scintillant Hummingbird but with dark central tail feathers. Small hummingbird that feeds on small flowers in gardens, second growth, and forest edges, mostly above 2000m.
Mayon Volcano (Central Bikol: Bulkan Mayon, Tagalog: Bulkang Mayon), also nown as Mount Mayon, is an active stratovolcano in the Philippine province of Albay, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almost symmetric conical shape, the volcano and its surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20, 1938, the first in the country. It was reclassified a Natural Park and renamed Mayon Volcano Natural Park in the year 2000
With this morning’s lunar eclipse, I wanted to capture Halema’uma’u Crater in Volcanoes National Park with the moon above it. I really would have liked the moon to be lower in altitude so that I could have zoomed in more. Oh well, it was an amazing sight to see in person. My photos won’t do it justice. Here’s how small the moon actually looked using a wide angle lens.
Last month, while I was frantically working, my minifigures built an active volcano on my kitchen table :-) This week they built a research lab, complete with seismometer, so they could study the erupting volcano (still located on my kitchen table). I never know what they are going to do next :-)
We visited the volcano in August of 2021. Conditions were extremely foggy and we hiked all the way to the base of the volcano on Trail C to be able to see the volcano. Although covered in clouds, as the winds blew the clouds through the valley we were fortunate to get an up close view at this astounding show of nature.
Nissyros is a volcano - inactive, more or less. The first major explosion/hydrothermal event created a caldera more than 3 km across. On an island approximately 8km by 5km that's a BIG hole in the ground! The most recent crater/caldera "Stephanos" dates from 1888. The scales of these geological events only slowly filter into the human understanding. As you descend into the Caldera your brain still isn't really registering the fact that the big valley you're going into is the result of a volcanic explosion - that comes later. The heat and the sulphur from the fumeroles is punishing and it's easy to see how images of hell are all about heat and sulphur in so many religious traditions
An old volcano (180 million years) with giant boulders of volcanic basalt.Interesting to see how the shape is re-inforce by the moss.
I don't normally take pictures, much less post them, of my food. But I have to make an exception for this shot. A department lunch at a Japanese Teppan-style restaurant, where they prepare the food at your table, gave me the chance to catch the chef creating this volcano for us. Very cool.
Genji, San Jose.
A street dog contemplates the view of lake Llanquihue from the the Osorno Volcano, Region de los Lagos, Chile.
mayon volcano with its majestic cone top from the province of albay, bicol which is around 500kms south of metro manila, philippines
San Francisco Pass, Catamarca Province, Argentina
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Much of the southern half of Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean. is covered by ash and boulders from pyroclastic flows. The July, 1995, eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano destroyed the island's capital.
La Réunion, a small French island in the Indian Ocean outside of Africa's east coast.
In 2007 the volcano Piton de la Fournaise had a big eruption resulting in this fascinating lava landscape where plants have already started to move in again.
Mt Bromo, Indonesia 布罗莫火山——印度尼西亚
Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo), is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. The massif area is one of the most visited tourist attractions. The volcano belongs to the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. The name of Bromo derived from Javanese pronunciation of Brahma, the Hindu creator god. Sulfur is collected from inside the caldera by workers.