Ibu Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO 5200FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
Merapi Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSION OBS TO FL250 MOV W, VA TO FL130 MOV W
Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy): volcano blows giant, perfect smoke ring
Minutes ago, the volcano produced a spectacular „smoke ring“, which was seen rising from the crater area and drifting slowly northeastwards over the village. Its near-perfect circular shape and large diameter (100-200 m?) are truly impressive, perhaps the largest I have ever seen or heard of. Such ring vortexes are rare, but not unknown on Stromboli and other volcanoes; they can form when…
Merapi volcano (Central Java, Indonesia): strong explosion this morning, 5 km ash column
A moderately strong explosive eruption occurred this morning at the volcano. At 10:56 local time (WIB), an explosion produced an ash column that rose approx. 5 km above the summit crater and drifted in SW direction. The aviation color code was raised to RED. According to the volcano observatory, the eruption lasted 7 minutes and produced pyroclastic flows that traveled 2 km to the…