On 8th May 1902, the thriving town of St Pierre, Martinique, was abruptly destroyed by a pyroclastic surge from the Mount Pelée volcano. Around 25,000 people died within minutes. Sadly, the authorities had been fully aware of the many warning signs of an eruption at Mount Pelée. They had carefully determined that various intervening hills […]
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Martinique: St Pierre
March 3, 2020
Nicaragua: Masaya Volcano
January 23, 2020
Nighttime Glow Lava Lake Close-up I was out viewing the lava lake at the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. The lake is deep inside the crater, but part of it is clearly visible. And the lava isn’t just sitting there placidly, it’s continually swirling and bubbling and frolicking to and fro. It was very cool. Not […]
Hawaii: Lava 2018
July 25, 2018
Fissure 8, from 3000ftI’m out in Hawaii to see the current lava flows. I started at 4:00am with a bouncy boat ride with Lava Ocean Tours. I had sacrificed a delicious lemon muffin to Poseidon, so the sea was reasonably smooth and we got a good view of where the lava river is hitting the […]
Erte Ale: A Lava River
January 23, 2018
I trekked up Ethiopia’s Erte Ale volcano to admire its fine lava. Formerly there was a lava lake at the summit, but this was disrupted in the January 2017 eruption and the lake drained away. However, it has been replaced by a fresh flow of lava being forced up from below. This lava flows […]
Hawaii: Kilauea Lava Lake
November 3, 2016
For the last few weeks the level of the lava lake at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been unusually high, meaning it’s visible from the Jaggar Museum viewpoint, 1.1 miles away. This is as close as the Park Service will let you get. So I seized the moment and visited. Unlike Nyiragongo, Kilauea was merciful and […]
DR Congo: Nyiragongo
August 6, 2015
“I survived Nyiragongo, but he ate my camera.” When I was about ten, I had a very clear idea of what a Real Volcano should look like. A steep cone, with a razor sharp rim and sheer cliffs down to an inner caldera with a bubbling pool of lava. Aah, it is to dream. Nyiragongo […]
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