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Multiple dust devils spotted at volcano eruption site in Iceland

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Huge dust devil takes to the sky. Captured on Iceland volcano eruption webcam. Starts at around 0:45 Other smaller dust devils are also seen.

Iceland Volcano recorded from our live stream of the 2023 eruption.

Fagradalsfjall is an active tuya volcano formed in the Last Glacial Period on the Reykjanes Peninsula, around 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Reykjavík, Iceland. Fagradalsfjall is also the name for the wider volcanic system covering an area 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide and 16 kilometres (10 mi) long.

Most recent eruptions are 2021,2022 and 2023.


Comment: Another was filmed on July 27:




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Eerily perfect 'vortex rings' keep blowing out of Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, here's why

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© Luca CosmaA series of vortex rings that shot out of the Bocca Nuova Crater in quick succession.
Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, is blowing scores of ethereal "vortex rings" every day from a single vent located in one of its most active craters.

On July 23, Boris Behncke, a volcanologist with Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology who is based in Sicily alongside Mount Etna, wrote on Twitter that the volcano had been "releasing dozens of gas rings" from a single vent in Bocca Nuova crater for around a week and shows no signs of stopping.

Vortex rings are made from a mix of smoke, steam and other gases released from volcanic vents at high speeds. They can remain airborne for several minutes before eventually disappearing.

Photographer Luca Cosma, who also runs the tour company Etna Hiker, snapped a series of stunning pictures of the vortex rings on July 23 while escorting a group to the Bocca Nuova crater.

Comment: There are other reasons to believe the surge in activity at Etna may mean an eruption is brewing: Mount Etna collapse 'could trigger tsunami in Ionian sea', slow subsidence of 4cm over 15 months detected


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Volcano in Guatemala erupts sending ash soaring into sky

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Fuego, also known as Chi Q'aq', erupted today, sending ash soaring up into the sky.

A terrifying clip has surfaced showing clouds of smoke emancipating from the site.

The volcano is situated in Guatemala, 10 miles away from the city of Antigua.


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Stunning video shows lightning erupting from volcano in Guatemala on July 10

The spectacular video has amazed the internet.
The spectacular video has amazed the internet.
A spectacular video showing huge bolts of lightning shooting out of a volcano in a Guatemalan city has gone viral on the internet.

The footage was captured on July 10 by Sergio Garcia in Antigua.

The lightning on top of the Agua volcano looks like the volcano is erupting from its summit.

The breathtaking footage has been viewed more than 3.23 lakh times and amassed close to 4,000 likes.


Better Earth

Scientists discover ancient, underwater volcano is still active — and covered in up to a million giant eggs

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© NEPDEP 2023The summit of the seamount was covered in thousands of giant, ravioli-shaped eggs.
Researchers discovered that an underwater volcano nearly a mile beneath the surface off the Pacific coast of Canada is spouting hot fluid, providing a little-known species of skate with an ideal nursery.

Researchers exploring an ancient, underwater volcano off the Pacific coast of Canada have discovered it is still active — and "covered" in thousands of giant eggs.

Before the expedition, the team thought the volcano was extinct and the waters around it frigid. However, they found the underwater mountain — which towers 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above the seafloor — spouting warm water and encrusted with deep-sea corals. The hot, mineral-rich fluid keeps the surrounding waters toasty, providing ideal conditions for some marine creatures to survive in the deep sea. The researchers were even more surprised to see a Pacific white skate (Bathyraja spinosissima) weaving in and out of the fronds and laying eggs on the summit, nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) beneath the surface.

Comment: See also: 19,000 previously unknown undersea volcanoes revealed by satellite data


Attention

Ground deformation continues at Askja volcano in central Iceland, uplift of 30cm in just 1 year

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© Adriano NobileThe latest InSAR image of Askja volcano
Ground deformation instruments continue to detect the caldera floor to be inflated.

According to the latest KAUST recordings, the ground has been uplifted by approx. 30 cm between September 2022 and July 2023.

Comment: This graph from 2022 shows the progression of the uplift:

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© Ragnar Heiðar ÞrastarsonRising uplift at Askja volcano continues
Notably, this occurs amidst a surge in activity at volcanoes in Iceland, and elsewhere:


Attention

Mud volcano makes a mess in Taiwan's Southern Pingtung County

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A mud volcano in the Taiwan's southern Pingtung County has erupted, spewing mud onto a farmer's fields and making a mess of a nearby temple.


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Ash fall and tremor at Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico

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This Monday, the National Center for Disaster Prevention ( Cenapred ) indicates in its latest monitoring of the Popocatépetl volcano that 50 exhalations were detected accompanied by water vapor, volcanic gases and, on occasions, small amounts of ash.

In addition, 213 minutes of tremor (equivalent to 3.33 hours of high frequency, low to medium amplitude segments) were recorded , as well as 13 minutes of low amplitude harmonic tremor. A volcanotectonic earthquake registered yesterday at 22:45, with a magnitude of 1.4, was also reported.


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Etna volcano, Italy: sudden ash eruption from SE crater

Ash eruption from Etna this morning
Ash eruption from Etna this morning
While the volcano has been overall relatively calm during the past weeks, a sudden explosion occurred this morning from the southeast summit crater.

The eruption lasted about two minutes only and produced a dense brown ash plume that rose a few 100 meters and quickly dispersed to the southwest. No significant changes in volcanic tremor accompanied the event and there has been no official statement from the volcano observatory so far.

It is possible that the event did not involve any fresh magma and was driven purely by an internal phreatic explosion as trapped water can interact with hot rocks or residual magma inside the conduit.


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Smoke clouds and lava as volcano erupts near Icelandic capital

Observers from the University of Iceland watch a volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, Iceland on July 10, 2023.
© Kristinn MagnussonObservers from the University of Iceland watch a volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, Iceland on July 10, 2023.
A volcano has erupted about 19 miles (30km) from Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, the country's meteorological office has said, marking the third time in two years that lava has gushed out in the area.

"The eruption is taking place in a small depression just north of Litli Hrútur, from which smoke is escaping in a north-westerly direction," the office said.

Local media footage showed a massive cloud of smoke rising from the ground as well as a substantial flow of lava.

The smoke could be seen from the road connecting the capital to the international airport, with cars pulled over and people taking pictures.