The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/03/world/kamchatka-quake-causes-volcano/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #kamchatka #volcano #earthquake
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"But when a black-faced cloud the world doth threat,
In his dim mist the aspiring mountain hiding,
From earth's dark womb some gentle gust doth get,
Which blows these pitchy vapours from their biding,
Hindering their present fall by this dividing."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Rape of Lucrece
The August 2014 - February 2015 #Holuhraun #eruption of Bárðarbunga¹ in south-east central #Iceland, imaged in September 2014.
¹ 𝘽𝙖𝙬-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘳-𝘣𝘶𝘯-𝘬𝘦
A final colour photo of the same eruption showing a huge lava plume approximately 80 metres or 260 feet tall. Its base is bright yellow and the top has cooled slightly to chunks of red rock. Rivers of lava are running from it and the smaller vent can be seen in the foreground, yellow-orange and gassy.
A close-up of the main fissure, showing a range of colours within and just outside the fissure indicating the temperature. The centre lava domes are yellow and white, around the circumference is orange and red leading to cooler brown. Clouds of dense steam and gas are escaping.
Another colour photo of the same eruption seen from the opposite side but still upwind of the fissure. More of the surrounding landscape is visible, including a second, smaller fissure beyond the main vent and a further rift on the nearside edge of the vent which has stopped effusing but is still releasing gases. In the distance is the surface of a glacier.
A colour photo of a wide split in a dark uneven surface of lava. Molten magma is erupting in a curtain from the base of the split. Streams of lava are running away from the main fissure and clouds of gas and steam are climbing towards the top right corner. A helicopter can be seen hovering very close to the eruption.
"But when a black-faced cloud the world doth threat,
In his dim mist the aspiring mountain hiding,
From earth's dark womb some gentle gust doth get,
Which blows these pitchy vapours from their biding,
Hindering their present fall by this dividing."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Rape of Lucrece
The August 2014 - February 2015 #Holuhraun #eruption of Bárðarbunga¹ in south-east central #Iceland, imaged in September 2014.
¹ 𝘽𝙖𝙬-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘳-𝘣𝘶𝘯-𝘬𝘦
A final colour photo of the same eruption showing a huge lava plume approximately 80 metres or 260 feet tall. Its base is bright yellow and the top has cooled slightly to chunks of red rock. Rivers of lava are running from it and the smaller vent can be seen in the foreground, yellow-orange and gassy.
A close-up of the main fissure, showing a range of colours within and just outside the fissure indicating the temperature. The centre lava domes are yellow and white, around the circumference is orange and red leading to cooler brown. Clouds of dense steam and gas are escaping.
Another colour photo of the same eruption seen from the opposite side but still upwind of the fissure. More of the surrounding landscape is visible, including a second, smaller fissure beyond the main vent and a further rift on the nearside edge of the vent which has stopped effusing but is still releasing gases. In the distance is the surface of a glacier.
A colour photo of a wide split in a dark uneven surface of lava. Molten magma is erupting in a curtain from the base of the split. Streams of lava are running away from the main fissure and clouds of gas and steam are climbing towards the top right corner. A helicopter can be seen hovering very close to the eruption.
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Cosmic Fire by Sergio Montúfar
That night, the volcano was incredibly active. Above, the Milky Way stretched diagonally across the sky. As the volcano erupted, the ash plume rose vertically, forming an acute angle of about 45 degrees with the galaxy’s diagonal path, creating a stunning visual contrast between Earth’s fury and the cosmos’ serenity.
