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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is erupting for the first time since 1984
CNN   28 November 2022   Hawaii   Mauna Loa  
Red hues from the eruption of Mauna Loa illuminated Monday's predawn sky.
<p>The world&rsquo;s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years.<br />Though lava is flowing down one side of the volcano, the eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not threatening communities, the ...
Volcano in Indonesia Erupts with Electric-Blue Lava at Night And It's Mesmerizing
News18   10 July 2020   Indonesia  
<p>An eerily beautiful volcanic eruption in Indonesia will you leave you mesmerized.<br />Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia erupted electric-blue fire, that trickles down the mountain slope at night attracting crowds of tourists and photographers.<br />A Paris-based ...
Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts
BBC NEWS   04 June 2018   Guatemala   Guatemala City  
Falling ash has coated streets AFP/GETTY
<p>Twenty-five people have been killed and hundreds injured in the most violent eruption in decades in Guatemala.</p><p>The Fuego volcano, about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the capital Guatemala City, has been spewing rocks, black smoke and ash into the ...
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How NASA Tech Is Helping Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Response
Space.com   23 May 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of the ash plume wafting from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on May 6, 2018, using its Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument. The right-hand frame shows the height of the plume. Credit: NASA
<p>NASA assets in space and in the air are helping first responders deal with the ongoing volcanic outburst in Hawaii.</p><p>Kilauea volcano, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been erupting pretty much continuously for the past 35 years. But Kilauea's activity ratcheted ...
Ecuador’s ‘Troublemaker’ volcano sends lava flying in fiery explosion
Global News   19 December 2017   Ecuador  
Ecuador’s ‘Troublemaker’ volcano sends lava flying in fiery explosion
<p>A little-known active stratovolcano erupted in a fiery explosion in the Amazonian Andes of Ecuador known as 'Reventador' in early December. Reventador is Spanish for 'troublemaker'.<br />British volcano photographer Dr. Richard Roscoe documented the spectacular ...
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Alaska’s tiny Bogoslof volcano erupts again, sending an ash cloud miles above the Aleutians
Bogoslof volcano steams on June 22, 2017. (Photo by Cyrus Read, @USGSVolcanoes / Alaska Volcano Observatory)
<p>Alaska's tiny Bogoslof volcano erupted again Monday morning, sending an ash cloud about 6 miles into the sky.<br><br>The "significant explosive eruption" started around 10 a.m. on the remote island in the Bering Sea, northwest of Unalaska Island, and continued ...
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Mexico's erupting Colima volcano triggers evacuations
BBC NEWS   04 October 2016   Mexico   Americas  
The volcano is spewing ash, smoke and lava from its crater (source: Reuters)
<p>Ash and thick black smoke rose from the volcano, 300 miles (482km) west of Mexico City. A flow of lava could be seen pouring down its slopes.</p> <p>More than 350 villagers living in La Yerbabuena and La Becerrera at the foot of the mountain were moved ...
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Alaska volcanic eruption creates 37,000-ft. ash plume
CBS NEWS   28 March 2016   USA   Alaska  
A view of Pavlof's eruption on Sunday, March 27, 2016
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska- Strong winds Monday pushed an ash cloud from an Alaska volcano into the heart of the state, grounding flights and limiting travel to western and northern communities off the road system.<br />Pavlof Volcano, one of Alaska's most active ...
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Costa Rica's Rincón de la Vieja Volcano explodes again
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano explodes again
<p><br />The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) on Tuesday evening posted a video of a new eruption at Rinc&oacute;n de la Vieja Volcano, located in Guanacaste province.</p> <p>The explosion was recorded at around 4:20 p.m. ...
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Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupts
The Guardian   05 February 2016   Japan   Sakourajima volcano  
Lightning flashes above flowing lava as Sakurajima erupts in southern Japan. Photograph: AP
<p>A volcano has erupted in southern Japan, sending an orange burst into the sky and lava rolling down the mountain.<br />The country&rsquo;s meteorological agency said Sakurajima erupted at about 7pm local time (10am GMT). The public broadcaster NHK showed ...
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