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I apologize for my inconsistency in posting the Geology Picture of the Week over the past few weeks. I will still be continuing, but my February is disrupted, so I probably won't do one next week. I'll try to return to normalcy in March. So I thought for this one I'd do a couple of quick-hitters. First is from the Montserrrat Volcano Observatory; they have a Flickr page. The Soufriere Hills volcano had a partial dome collapse on February 11. The picture shows the ash cloud and a pyroclastic flow. Montserrat Volcano Observatory Flickr page The second is a shot...

Photo in the News: Volcano Eruption in Caribbean Is "Warning" January 9, 2007—Smoke signals don't get much more ominous. A volcano on the island of Montserrat discharged a five-mile-high (eight-kilometer-high) cloud of superheated ash and gas yesterday—possibly portending another, disastrous eruption. "I think it was a warning call … of what it can do," Vicky Hards, director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, told the Associated Press. Residents have good reason to fear the Soufriere Hills volcano, given that in 1997 it wiped out the tiny Caribbean island's evacuated capital, Plymouth, killing 19 people and prompting an exodus of about half...

Krakatoa -- Volcano of Destruction premieres 9 PM ET/PT on the Discovery Channel!! If you click this link: Beyond: Volcanoes a player will load with links to four videos; the first will play automatically. The 2nd, "Lava Junkies", is pretty good. The 4th, "Ultimate Guide to Volcanoes: Montserrat" is amazing. It's four minutes long; the final minute has an astonishing sequence in it. Sorry that I don't know a way to skip the commercial preceding it.

MONTSERRAT - Soufriere Hills volcano -West-Indies October 10th, 2002 Special notice : As of the 9th of October, 300 people have been evacuated by safety measures. Neighborhoods at the base of Montserrat's rumbling Soufriere Hills volcano stood deserted as residents confronted the familiar quandary of rebuilding their lives a second time. By the time the evacuation sirens sounded Wednesday to signal the area's indefinite closure. For two weeks, the Soufriere has been coughing clouds of gray ash that cover buildings, cars and trees across the island. Many people wear surgical masks over their mouths and noses. Most Montserratians have abandoned...

Space Shuttle view of ongoing eruption on Montserrat in the West Indies. Ash and Steam, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat