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Death from above! Face of Mexican 'Day of the Dead' symbol 'the Elegant Skull' appears in volcanic ash cloud weeks before the annual festival

Chris Jewers
Daily Mail
Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:27 UTC
Netizens commented that the shape formed by the plume of smoke was similar to that of the ‘La Calavera Catrina’ (The Catrina Skull), the unofficial face of the ‘Day of the Dead’ festival
Netizens commented that the shape formed by the plume of smoke was similar to that of the ‘La Calavera Catrina’ (The Catrina Skull), the unofficial face of the ‘Day of the Dead’ festival
'The Elegant Skull', the face of Mexico's 'Day of the Dead' festival, appeared in a volcanic ash cloud during an eruption weeks before the annual festivities.

A photograph of the cloud shared on social media soon had netizens likening its shape to the character - also known as The Catrina Skull - and saw the sighting as a reminder of the festival held on November 1 and 2 every year.

The picture of the Popocatepetl volcano eruption, located between the central Mexican states of Puebla, Morelos and Mexico, was taken on Wednesday.

Authorities from Puebla issued a warning on Wednesday morning notifying citizens the volcano was showing moderate activity, however, what made headlines was the viral picture of the cloud of ash it was producing.
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Iceland's most active volcano on verge of erupting again, scientists warn


RT
Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:47 UTC
Volcano eruption
© File photoGetty Images / Arctic-Images
Scientists in Iceland have raised the threat level for the Grimsvotn volcano, warning there are now multiple indications that an eruption could soon take place.

This volcano experienced an unusually powerful eruption in 2011, firing a 20km pillar of ash into the air, but was overshadowed by the smaller eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano the previous year, which forced the cancellation of some 100,000 flights in an unprecedented disruption.

Recently, the volcano has been observed "inflating" as new magma enters the chambers beneath it once again, and the resulting increased thermal activity has melted more ice. Localized earthquake activity has also increased, all combining to suggest that an eruption may soon take place.

Seismologists are now on the lookout for an intense swarm of earthquakes, which could last up to 10 hours, signaling a rush of magma to the surface and an imminent eruption.

Though a slim possibility, an eruption event of a similar scale to 2011 would exacerbate an already precarious situation for the airline industry which has been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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EU's Earth observation program finds ozone hole over Antarctica is among the largest ever recorded

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:08 UTC
Antarctica


The European Union's Earth observation program said Tuesday that the ozone hole over Antarctica has swelled to its largest size and deepest level in at least 15 years, to become among the most notable ever recorded.

Clare Nullis of the WMO explains that the ozone hole begins to expand every August -at the start of the Antarctic spring- and reaches a peak around October. "The air has been below minus 78 degrees Celsius, and this is the temperature which you need to form stratospheric clouds — and this is quite a complex process," said Nullis at a U.N. briefing. "The ice in these clouds triggers a reaction which then can destroy the ozone. So, it's because of that that we are seeing the big ozone hole this year."

These findings completely contradict the science behind the international accord (the Montreal Protocol) devised to phase out the use of ozone-depleting substances (OSDs). In addition, they also confirm what NASA has been saying for years: that the upper atmosphere is cooling.

OSDs have been on the decline since their peak in 2000 (shown below), and the "hole" growing -to among the largest ever recorded- a full 20 years later shows the correlation between OSDs and ozone is minor, at best.

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Eruption at Sangay volcano hits Ecuadorian banana output - 55,000 hectares under carpet of ash

Maura Mawell
Fruitnet.com
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:39 UTC
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A volcanic eruption in Ecuador has covered 80,000 hectares of farming land in Ecuador in ash, the Andean country's government says.
Production on affected farms will be below normal levels for at least a month, Acorbanec said

The eruption of Ecuador's Sangay volcano has left around thousands of hectares of banana production under a carpet of ash.

According to exporter association Acorbanec, around 55,000ha have been affected. "We estimate that this will lead to a 25 per cent fall in the weekly exportable offer from the affected farms for at least a month," Richard Salazar told Fruitnet.

Sangay volcano is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world and one of Ecuador's most active ones. Since June, it has registered very high levels of activity.

The latest eruption occurred on Sunday morning, with ash continuing to fall until Monday night.

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Ecuador's Sangay Volcano sees uptick in activity with blasts, ash emissions

huaxia
Xinhua
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:31 UTC
Explosion and pyroclastic flow from Sangay volcano
© IGEPNExplosion and pyroclastic flow from Sangay volcano yesterday
Ecuador's active Sangay Volcano on Sunday registered a significant uptick in volcanic activity, including several strong explosions and ash emissions, the Geophysical Institute (IG) of Ecuador said.

Activity increased from 04:20 a.m. local time (09:20 GMT) with seismic tremors that were more intense than any "observed in the preceding months," the institute said.

Satellite images showed a large ash cloud rising up to 10 kilometers above the volcano's crater.

Sangay is one of the most active volcanoes in Ecuador and has been in constant eruptive activity since 1628, when it last erupted.

The volcano, located about 5,230 meters above sea level in an unpopulated region of the southern Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, began a new eruptive period in May of last year.

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Guatemala volcano spews 4,700m ash cloud in major explosion

Katie Sewell
The Express (UK)
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:54 UTC
Fuego volcano in Guatemala
The Fuego volcano in Guatemala has recently undergone a major explosion, sending a cloud of ash up to 4,700 metres into the sky.

The Fuego volcano is an active volcano in Guatemala, Central America. The volcano is located on the Ring of Fire, a 40,000km horseshoe in the Pacific Ocean known for high volcanic and seismic activity. According to recent reports, volcanologists have observed an increase in activity at the Fuego volcano in recent days.

Volcan de Fuego, Spanish for "Volcano of Fire", is located in Guatemala on the Central America Volcanic Arc.

Fuego is a stratovolcano or composite volcano, and it has a conical shape.

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Kesongo mud volcano erupts with poison gas in Indonesia


Chave Weather
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:47 UTC
Kisongo mud volcano
© YouTube/Chave Weather (screen capture)
"The phenomenon of the eruption of the Oro-oro Kesongo crater in Gabusan Village, Jati District, Blora, which spurted mud and gas, actually happened in 2013 ago.

Teguh Yudi Pristiyanto, Head of the ESDM Service for Central Java Province, South Kendeng, said that this phenomenon is referred to as a mud volcano.

"Mud Volcanoes is a phenomenon of liquid extrusion such as hydrocarbons and gases such as methane," Teguh Yudi said when contacted by detik.com , Thursday (27/08/2020).

Teguh said that currently the eruption at Oro-oro Kesongo had stopped. He said the point of eruption that occurred in 2013 was the same as that which occurred today. Previously it was reported that the first eruption of mud and gas was heard this morning at 05.30 WIB.

The head of the village of Gabusan, Parsidi, said there was a boom that made your ears ring when the incident occurred. As a result of the mud and gas bursts, four cattle herders around the site were poisoned.

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20 quakes recorded in 24 hours at Taal Volcano, Philippines

Helen Flores
The Philippine Star
Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:51 UTC
Taal Volcano
Taal volcano
Twenty volcanic earthquakes were recorded at the Taal Volcano island in Batangas in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported yesterday.

State seismologists observed a weak steaming activity that reached five meters high from the vents on the main crater between 8 a.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. yesterday.

The volcano remains under Alert Level 1, which means it is still in abnormal condition, the agency said.

On Aug. 18, a 20-meter- high steam emission was observed from the vents of the main crater.
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Sinabung Volcano in Indonesia spews new burst of hot ash


News18
Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:32 UTC
Mount Sinabung volcano spews volcanic material as seen from Tiga Pancur village in Karo, North Sumatra province in Indonesia on Sunday.
© Antara Foto / ReutersMount Sinabung volcano spews volcanic material as seen from Tiga Pancur village in Karo, North Sumatra province in Indonesia on Sunday.
A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia on Sunday unleashed an avalanche of scorching clouds down its slopes.

Authorities are closely monitoring Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia's main islands, after sensors picked up increasing activity in past weeks.

The volcano in North Sumatra province was shooting smoke and ash more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the air on Sunday morning, and hot ash clouds traveled 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) southeast, Indonesias Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center said.

Villagers were advised to stay 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the craters mouth and should be aware of the peril of lava, the agency said. Air travel was not impacted by the ash so far, the Transport Ministry said.

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Dramatic time-lapse footage shows latest eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia


SCMP Clips
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:07 UTC
Mount Sinabung erupts again
© YouTube/SCMP Clips (screen capture)
Stunning time-lapse footage shows Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupting on August 18, 2020, sending thick plumes of ash into the air. The volcano located in North Sumatra, has erupted several times already this month. No injuries or major damage have been reported.


Comment: The volcanic activity of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues. Also this month: Indonesia has also seen intense seismic activity recently. From the last three days: As reported by Dr. Tony Philips recently in Space Weather Archive:
"During the next solar cycle, we could see cosmic ray dose rates increase by as much as 75%," says lead author Fatemeh Rahmanifard of the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center.
See also: Is there a connection between cosmic rays, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

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