Kilauea: Mountain of Fire

My Volcano fixation continues. Watching Nature, Kilauea: Mountain of Fire.

Lava Blast and Electric Lightning Bolt Within a Lava Plume #1
Originally uploaded by sparkyleigh

Rare and surreal static electric lightning flashes through a massive column of steam, sulfur dioxide, glass particles, ash, rock and instantly created black sand – all generated from a huge volume of molten lava dumping out of a single lava tube that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano further upslope - here on the Big Island.

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Eyjafjallajökull

I've been watching this event play out on the internets for the last few weeks. The flickr stream has been alternately scary and beautiful. I'm going to Curate what I find.

Dangerous Beauty
Originally uploaded by Iriya

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.


Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland - a gallery on Flickr
Eyjafjallajökull volcano w/ lightning - a gallery on Flickr
Stromboli online » Volcanic and glacial landforms of Iceland

NASA image acquired May 16, 2010 at 12:30 UTC
Ash plume from Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland
To learn more go to: www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/iceland-volcano-plume....

Live Camera

This is very cool: a live camera pointed at the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull. I don’t think it’s embeddable, so just click that link and take a look.

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