Mount St. Helens

'Supervolcano' possibly brewing under Mount St. Helens

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. - Mount St. Helens could blow its top again - and the eruption could be bigger and more powerful than its 1980 eruption, say New Zealand scientists. But local scientists aren't quite convinced.

In a new article published in NewScientist, a team of scientists from GNS Science, an earth and nuclear science institute in Wellington, New Zealand, say they have found evidence a "supervolcano" may be sitting under the mountain. Mount St. Helens has been steaming and spewing ash since its eruption on May 18, 1980.

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Alaska's Mount Redoubt has erupted.

The AVO has recorded four large explosions overnight, and one of their seismic monitoring stations has stopped transmitting.

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Erupting Sakurajima

A friend kindly passed this on--Sakurajima erupted early this morning (local time). Not a huge eruption, but there was a definite fountain of lava there for a bit.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/pl…

(eeee!)

I geeked out and translated the kanji to track down the camera's location--I believe this was a shot of the east side of Minami-dake (southern peak), which is the currently active peak in the Sakurajima volcanic system. I've been to Sakurajima once before--I made a few volcano "sojourns" when I was teaching English in Japan--and it put on a nice show of billowing smoke while I was there. :) It was one of my favorites.

Sakurajima, 09/2006

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What's to be Done

So, Mt. Vesuvius is covered in various excavation sites... whose physical needs and logistical support come from local communities living on top of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum despite Vesuvius having erupted 50 times since they were buried. When including the modern city of Naples, 3 million people live in its blast radius today.

Mount Ranier is a massive volcano and the most glaciated peak in the continental U.S... its massive Lahars have historically reached all the way to Puget Sound, putting parts of Seattle, Tacoma, and Bellevue in their deadly reach.

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Mount St. Helens

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Attention fellow PNW volcano geeks:

Tomorrow is May 18, and you know what that means! That's right, it's been 28 years since Mount St. Helens blasted the crap out of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. In honor of the 28th anniversary, all visitor center entrance fees in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument are waived. All centers are open for business, and the weather is supposed to be mostly sunny and warm.

I can't think of a better excuse, can you?

XD
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Massive Eruption Meets Massive Electrical Storm



A Chilean volcano which had been dormant for nearly 10,000 years began erupting 5 days ago. Last night a massive eruption shot ash 20 miles into the sky... at the same time a storm was raging overhead. The result was some astounding images of the two forces clashing. [article] [another article] and [this] is a Spanish-language article which includes a huge, breath-taking image of the event. Definitely a must-see.
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A New Crop

In 1943 a Mexican family was plowing their corn field near the village of Paricutín. A fissure suddenly opened up in the cornfield and a new volcano began erupting. This is the only volcano on record to have been witnessed from its very creation. Within a year the corn field had become this: