The volcano has been observed by team members Adi Susanto (Andi) and Martin Kelko within the last 3 days during the ongoing Indonesia Volcano Special.
Both explosive and effusive eruption within the volcano’s caldera continues.
The main activity has been characterized by mostly near-constant small and sporadic vigorous vulcanian-type explosions, sometimes phreatic magmatic ones throwing incandescent bombs from the cone vent.
On 10 November at about 09:50 local time, a powerful explosion generated two small pumice-and-ash flows as a result of partial eruption column collapse.
Dense grey-to-black plumes sent ash about 500-1000 meters above the vent.
The continuing lava dome is actively growing as viscous magma continues to rise into it and form a faint glow on the top of the dome. Thus, it extrudes lava dome blocks into slowly advancing lava flow (so-called coulée) on the northern flank.
