NISYROS – (re-)Visited

Nisyros: Caldera view from above Nikia village.

So far, when I wrote about volcanoes around the world, I could only dream of ever visiting them. Researching for my first Nisyros post, though, it occurred to me that the idea of a short holiday there was not entirely out-of-bounds. It didn’t take long and I had convinced daughter & granddaughter to come with me. We travelled to Nisyros in October, and, what can I say – it was a wonderful, if too short a holiday! Here are some impressions, thoughts and photos from our visit.

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Recent Volcanic Activity in Nevada, USA – Part 1

Lunar Crater Volcanic Field from the air.  Lunar Crater itself is a maar.  Photo courtesy Hindred Settling Blog.  https://zsylvester.blogspot.com/2009/12/lunar-crater-volcanic-field-nevada.html

NISYROS of the Twelve Islands (Greece)

Nisyros, view into the caldera with Stefanos Crater. (© stupiduglyfool, via mapcarta.com)

How many of the millions of sunshine-hungry European travellers to Greece would have known that there is the attraction of a fuming active volcano in their favorite holiday destination? And I am not talking famous Santorini here, but a little island with only a few hundred residents in the far south-east of the country, near the Turkish main land.

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Deception Island. Neptunes Bellows, harbor entrance. Rest of caldera to the right. http://travelvista.net/deception-island

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Mount Damavand http://outdooruae.com/persian-volcanoes-mount-damavand/

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January 2017 steam emissions from Ebeko

Our DAILY DOSE of DUST – VOLCÁN COPAHUE

Copahue on 17 April, 2016 (© Valentina Sepulveda ‏@valecaviahue, via Twitter – ¡Gracias, Valentina!)

Screenshots from the video: “Volcan Copahue 2016” by Nicolás Sieburger: “Nightly climb to our beautiful
volcano, the video was filmed inside the crater, 10 meters from the pyroclastic cone.”

Copahue can drive you mad with its caprices, at least if you live near enough. First it makes everyone jump, scientists and population alike, even causing a red alert put in place, then it goes on for years steaming innocuously or