Geology Picture of the Week, September 3-9, 2006: Superb Merapi eruption images

Decade Volcano - Merapi August 2006 ^ | August 2006 | Tom Pfeiffer

[cogitator]

A couple of weeks ago I posted some Merapi eruption photos (actually, it think it was Mayon; I did find some earlier pictures of pyroclastic flows on Merapi). I noted how difficult it was to find good pictures of the recent activity (still true; most of the photos weren't that great). Well... I found some good great ones. A couple are below; go to the link for the full set.

[cogitator]

IN other volcano news, both Etna and Piton de la Fournaise commenced some activity on August 31. Fournaise has had a few short eruptions over the past few months; this is the first summit activity for Etna in a few years, though there have been notable flank eruptions. Montserrat also got more active on August 31 and there was a dome collapse a few days later.

There used to be Webcam coverage of the Etna summit; I'll have to check to see if there still is.

[cogitator]

*** ping ***

[JimSEA]

Those are truly rare photographs. Outstanding.

[trashcanbred]

The pics seem to be long exposure pics (notice the star trails). They came out nice.

[geezerwheezer]

That looks as hot as it has been down here this summer! :0)

[cogitator]

The pics seem to be long exposure pics (notice the star trails). They came out nice.

Yes, I'm sure they are (long exposure). Gives them a very eerie quality.