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The giant dust devil first gathered into clouds of dust before it concentrated into a compact spiral of whirling dust and wind. The phenomenon is usually found in arid environments
Managing director Stuart Jones was walking across his site when the piles of dust suddenly whipped up several feet into the air in front of him.
He managed to get his phone out and film the dust swirling around the yard like a mini tornado.
His one-minute video shows the 15ft high dust devil gathering pace as it moves around the site before it eventually fizzles out.
The phenomenon, which is known as a dust devil, is more common in desert or arid landscapes.
© Daniel Enchev/FlicrkVolcanic activity on Campi Flegrei. The supervolcano has shown signs of unrest since the 1950s.
Campi Flegrei is a huge volcanic field that sits about 9 miles to the west of Naples, a city home to over a million people. It is made up of 24 craters and edifices, and appears as a large depression on the surface of the land.
The volcano last erupted in 1538 after almost a century of pressure building up. But though it lasted over a week, this was a comparably small one—40,000 years ago, it produced a "super-colossal" eruption. This is the second highest measure on the volcanic explosivity index, the first being "mega-colossal," like those seen at the Yellowstone supervolcano in the U.S. thousands of years ago.
© USGS
Location uncertainty: 4.022°S 152.489°E± 8.7 km
Depth Uncertainty: 10.0 km± 1.7
Origin Time: 2017-05-15 13:22:38.580 UTC
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"It feels like every time you turn your back it grows a little bit more and gets a little deeper," says tenant Blair Brewer.
The hole first appeared a year ago. The building owner has filled it with loose rock and gravel a number of times, but the ground keeps slipping away.
Residents of a Glace Bay, N.S., apartment complex say this sinkhole is getting bigger on a daily basis. It's all unnerving for residents.
"If something should happen and part of the building sinks in, it's not just the person in that part of the building that needs to worry," says Blair. "The whole building will be evacuated and we will have to look for a new home. That's not easy with a new family, especially with a three-month-old daughter."
© Jef Meul/NIS/Minden Pictures/National Geographic CreativeHover flies, often mistaken for bees or wasps, are important pollinators. Their numbers have plummeted in nature reserves in Germany.
Some people argue that cars today are more aerodynamic and therefore less deadly to insects. But Black says his pride and joy as a teenager in Nebraska was his 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1—with some pretty sleek lines. "I used to have to wash my car all the time. It was always covered with insects." Lately, Martin Sorg, an entomologist here, has seen the opposite: "I drive a Land Rover, with the aerodynamics of a refrigerator, and these days it stays clean."
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, in Kuhmo, which lies in the southeastern corner of Kainuu in the east, the heavens dumped some 26cm of snow on Sunday.
In other parts of the eastern region, snowfall measured 20cm. However in areas such as Kajani and Sotkamo, the precipitation was more moderate, averaging just over 10cm.
The last time that so much snow was recorded in a 24-hour period between May 1 and 20 was in 1997.
By Sunday, Kainuu municipalities such as Paljakka in Puolanka had accumulated up to 93cm of snow on the ground, while other areas such as Pesiö in Suomissalmi had 53cm and Kajaani 13cm.
© Carroll Police DepartmentFurther north, Washington and Alexandria in New Hampshire both received snow as well.
The service says snow fell and accumulated in elevations about 1,500 feet early Sunday morning.
The foothills of the Berkshires in East Hawley, Massachusetts, with an elevation of 1,650 feet saw 4 inches.
Further north, Washington and Alexandria in New Hampshire both received snow. In Carroll, New Hampshire, heavy snow and fallen trees left some roads blocked.
Klepeisz says it is a Minke Whale, which have been known to approach ships, according to the American Cetacean Society.
However, the cause of death and size of the whale that washed ashore is unknown.
The American Cetacean Society says it can be hard to see a Minke Whale at sea because its blow is rarely visible and it tends to disappear quickly after exhaling.
© sputniknews.comShiveluch volcano
Experts from the Russian Academy of Sciences measured the plumes using seismic data as the ash column mixed with low-lying clouds.
Officials from the region's Emergency Situations Ministry have confirmed that the ash is not expected to land on nearby settlements, Russia's Interfax news agency reported Friday.
Meanwhile a "red warning" has been issued to passing planes, urging them to avoid the site.
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