Posted on 04/10/2020 4:12:15 PM PDT by blam
A large magmatic eruption is taking place at the volcano right now. Based on satellite imagery, VAAC Darwin spotted a high-level ash and SO2 plume reaching 47,000 ft (15 km) altitude moving WNW.
A strong thermal hot spot is detected as well. Both the webcam on Anak Krakatau Island and from the coast (in 40 km distance) show strong lava fountaining from the volcano.
This seems to be the strongest eruptive phase since the violent phreatomagmatic activity following the partial collapse of the volcano on 22 Dec 2018, which had triggered a deadly tsunami that killed hundreds of people on Java's west coast.
“What if the 2020 eruption particulate mixes with the 1883 particulate?”
Nothing much in particulate.
funny....
I didn’t claim to understand the explanation as to how solar minimums increase vulcanism. I nearly didn’t offer my recollection of it because I anticipated bullcrap responses. But I also anticipated questions if I’d supplied no explanations. My main point was that historically there IS more vulcanism during solar minimums. So there must be some kind of scientific explanation for that. Even if we hadn’t yet discovered it. Some claim to have discovered one, even if I can’t understand or explain their theory well. Vulcanism is of course common as a baseline, but increases during this solar minimum were predicted and I thought that concept deserved to be mentioned in the context of this thread. Many here, who deny the climate greenies, accept that solar minimums do have effects on earthly temperatures and weather patterns. Additional effects, via some kind of mechanism, are not implausible. I don’t currently have time to track back down my recollections; anyone interested can do their own research.
I missed this whole thing. I wish I was fully retired now as I was at work when this all went on.
SOOOO..the big one has not happened yet. I myself with my geologist friend thought that the 18 collapse was the big one and quit paying attention to the thing.
If history repeats, this is the build up to the actual grand finale. The 1880’s eruption took months to build up.
I believe that, that one was a VEI 6/7? Gotta go check now.
Could be. GOD IS MAD.
I saw it both ways on one website!
Thank god there is a rational explanation!
I was worried that it was them aliens; AGAIN!!!
Or perhaps a solar minimum occurs when Earth increases it's lava output.
'Tis a conundrum!
The picture is dated six months in the future.
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