ScienceShot: Japanese Volcano Filled to the Brim

One to keep an eye on:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/scienceshot-japanese-volcano.html

whoops, nearly same time we posted this thread

I'll bring mine in & delete my thread:


Shinmoe-dake that made minor eruption on 19th January, erupted again on 26th. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a gray ash plume rose up to 1500m above crater rim around 15:30(JST). VAAC(Volcanic Ash Advisory Center) reported it once reached 7500m. By 18:00(JST) the Volcanic Alert Level is raised to level 3.


Pic is from February 4

http://outreach.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eqvolc/201101_shinmoe/eng/

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The Volcano has been erupting on and off since the end of January, read also this:

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Days of violent blasts from southwest Japan’s Mount Kirishima Shinmoe volcano complex broke windows in nearby communities and sent large volcanic rocks raining down within a 5-mile radius of summit.

Vulcanologists caution that a dome of lava is building within the volcano’s crater, but were uncertain if it would burst out and spill over the mountain’s rim.

Activity on Feb. 1 was the strongest since a 1959 eruption, but was not expected to spread to other volcanoes nearby.

http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110204/ew110204d.html

Ah...your thread was a lot cooler than mine. Mine is just a one-liner.

That's a lot of lava! Hope they continue to be safe over there in Japan.

Busy busy busy those Japanese volcanos!!

http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=112376&code=Ne2&category=2

Also check out this webcam (click on the very last one in the box on the right)

http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/vo/32.php

this is Suwanose-jima