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Kambalny volcano erupts for first time since reign of Catherine the Great
Siberian Times ^ | 25 March 2017

Posted on 03/28/2017 8:37:23 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Kambalny volcano erupts for first time since reign of Catherine the Great

By The Siberian Times reporter 25 March 2017

An 8 km high plume was recorded from the southernmost major stratovolcano on the Kamchatka peninsula.



The eruption is believed to be the first since 1769, and tourist organisations have been warned not to venture towards the 2,156 metre high volcano.

It is on Russia's famed Land of Fire and Ice, the Kamchatka peninsula, in the extreme east of the country.

A source at the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) told IA Kamchatka: 'Currently, the eruption of the volcano continues. The ash plume was recorded today at about 9 am.

'The propagation zone is about 255 km in the direction of Cape Lopatka.

'The trail passes south of Shumshu Island in the Kuril Island chain.

'There are no settlements on the way.'


The eruption was assigned the orange code for aviation danger.

Kambalny volcano (Kambalnaya Sopka) is located in the South Kamchatka volcanic zone in the south of the Kambalny volcanic ridge, southwest of the Kurilsky lake, in the sources of the Kambalnaya River.

Ash emissions up to 6-8 km can happen any time, say the experts.

The nearest settlement is Ozernovsky in Ust-Bolsheretsky district, some 77 km from Kambalny.

It is believed to have last erupted 248 years during the reign of Catherine II.



TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Science
KEYWORDS: catherinethegreat; kambalny; russia; volcano

1 posted on 03/28/2017 8:37:23 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Interesting


2 posted on 03/28/2017 8:41:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Mother Nature polluting her own planet again.


3 posted on 03/28/2017 8:44:40 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Couple days ago two other volcanoes on the Aleutians got excited, Bogoslof and Cleveland.


4 posted on 03/28/2017 8:48:37 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I was gonna blame global warming and then I thought, wait, this is Russia, so Trump obviously colluded with Putin.

Is Schumer gonna call a presser and ask Nunes to resign over this?


5 posted on 03/28/2017 8:51:24 AM PDT by IncPen (Valerie Jarrett is running spy ops against Trump to help Iran. You read it here first.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

All I can think of is - I bet they have the best wild salmon in that area.


6 posted on 03/28/2017 8:58:26 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88
I once heard that it is a bear haven.
7 posted on 03/28/2017 9:00:28 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Man that is such a huge country!

It must be the largest in the world yes? Geographically speaking.


8 posted on 03/28/2017 9:01:08 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

I think so.


9 posted on 03/28/2017 9:02:33 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

By land area as a percentage

Russia 10.9%

China 6.3%

United States 6.1%

Canada 6.1%


10 posted on 03/28/2017 9:08:38 AM PDT by heshtesh ((New Yorker for Cruz))
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Putin is always causing trouble!


11 posted on 03/28/2017 9:19:59 AM PDT by Enchante (Libtards are enemies of true civilization!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

How many billions of carbon credits are the Russians going to have to buy from AlBore to cover for this?


12 posted on 03/28/2017 9:48:37 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

That is a beautiful volcano. Let’s see what she looks like when she is done erupting.


13 posted on 03/28/2017 9:57:03 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The EPA fines on these volcanoes, for the amount of dirty air they are producing, must be enormous.


14 posted on 03/28/2017 12:32:59 PM PDT by lurk (TEat)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Global warming is causing it... 😀
15 posted on 03/28/2017 4:09:55 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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