

Mount Longonot most recent caldera (pit crater) with line of pyroclastic craters down flank fissure on the north. Massive lava flow on the flank visible on the lower left of the photo. Image courtesy Lonely Planet
An effusive eruption began on La Soufriere volcano on St Vincent (St Vincent and the Grenadines) island in the eastern Caribbean Sea in Dec. Note that this is currently an ongoing dome building eruption.
Continue ReadingEmperor penguins on Heard Island. Big Ben volcano is in the background. Image courtesy ABC Australia, Jan. 2019