LUSI mud volcano. Photo is undated, but likely around 2008 – 2009 after containing levees subsided. White steam, hot water, liquid-rich mud, and natural gas is being erupted at the time. Image courtesy Earth Magazine, 2018
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Posts about volcanoes mainly in and around the Pacific Ocean, except Americas.
Looking across Taipei City to lava domes of the Tatun (Datun) Volcano Group. Image courtesy Alexander Belousov, 2008 via Smithsonian GVP
The Tatun (Datun) Volcanic Group (TVG) is a number of andesitic lava domes in the northern portion of the island of Taiwan. There are at least 20 volcanoes, the southernmost (and largest) of which are located only 15 km N of Taipei City. This puts over 5 million within 5 km of the field and nearly 8 million within 30 km.
Airborne view of Mount Hakone volcano. Lake Ashi in the foreground. Image courtesy Wiki
Bayonnaise Rocks. Aerial photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons, 2015
Ontake shortly after phreatic eruption on Sept 27. Photo courtesy EOS.org, 2017
Mount Awu from a local village. May be Tahuna. Image courtesy Volcanomapping blog
Mount Banahaw (or Banahao) is located on the island of Luzon, some 80 km SE of Manilla. At 2,158 m high, it is the tallest of a group of a stratovolcano complex that included San Cristobal (1,470 M) and Banahaw de Lucban (1,870 M).
Annotated topographic map of Akan caldera, caldera lake, and post-caldera volcanoes. Lake Kussharo is off the image at the upper right. Image courtesy Plate Tectonic Narod.ru.
Mt. Kazbek, Gergeti Trinity Church and Gergeti village below. – Says one travel website: “Climb to the Gergeti Trinity Church. This is the number 1 thing to do in Kazbegi – going to Kazbegi and not going to this Church would be… strange”. Quite understandable, looking at this picture postcard view, isn’t it? (© Jazzanova, via Wikimedia)
I remember, as a teen, I loved rummaging in my mother’s enormous picture postcard collection – what a treasure! There was a photo in it that I never forgot in my life: An old Orthodox church sitting on a ridge high above a village and, behind the church, the humongous Continue Reading
Lake Kussharo in winter. Note that the lake is not frozen. Image courtesy Ten via YouTube.
This is the second of three posts on the East Hokkaido Caldera Field. This post is centered on the Kutcharo (Kussaro or Kuttyaro) volcanic complex.
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