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“Although we’re pretty good at saying when an eruption will start, we’re not so good at saying when it’s going to end”

Geohazards [2010-04-16 21:11:39]   recommend this post  (2144 visits)

Here’s one curious consequence of Iceland’s volcanic ash clouds grounding airplanes across Europe: Scientists attending a volcanology meeting in Paris are temporarily stuck there. That’s where the AGU Geohazards blog reached John Eichelberger, [...]

Northern Lights Over Iceland’s Erupting Volcano

Geology.com News [2010-04-12 07:04:31]   recommend this post  (1135 visits)

An impressive combination of Northern Lights and the erupting Eyjafjajokull Volcano make a spectacular photo that should be a favorite of Earth

Rock Out With Hevisaurus

Dinosaur Tracking [2010-04-14 16:16:50]   recommend this post  (1108 visits)

Here in the US, just about everybody knows about that annoying, purple dinosaur “Barney,” but kids in Finland are more likely to be familiar with the hard-rockin’ metal group Hevisaurus. Dressed up in green dinosaur costumes [...]

Eyjafjallajokulled - s(tr)anded in the USA

Through the Sandglass [2010-04-15 22:00:15]   recommend this post  (1107 visits)

Sitting at the Philadelphia departure gate at 11.00 pm last night on a flight completely packed (presumably as a result of Easter and British Airways strike problems), the pilot informed us that he was "in conference" with Icelandic air [...]

Subglacial eruption underway at Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörduháls in Iceland

Eruptions [2010-04-14 15:38:23]   recommend this post  (1101 visits)

The steam and ash plume from the Eyjafjallajökull subglacial eruption that started early morning, April 14, 2010. Well, after the brief respite when there was speculation Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörduháls eruption might be over, we now know what [...]

AVISTAR 2010

Geopark Araripe [2010-04-17 22:28:00]   recommend this post  (1057 visits)

Pássaros ostentando suas presas, prontos para ataque ou fugindo de um incêndio florestal estão entre as 36 cenas vencedoras do concurso Avistar de fotografia de aves deste ano. Ciro Albano, Dimitri Matoszko e Simone Cemin Tomaz ganham os [...]

Photos from Eyjafjallajökull

Mountain Beltway [2010-04-14 16:07:14]   recommend this post  (1015 visits)

My friend Barry R., now residing in PostDocVille, Denmark, took a trip to Iceland last week to check out the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull. Unfortunately, by the time he got to the volcano, it was no longer spouting lava, but the scene is dramatic [...]

An Enigma Deep Beneath Spain

Seismo Blog [2010-04-13 21:27:09]   recommend this post  (928 visits)

Eyjafjallajökull South Iceland Volcano

The Lisbon Structural Geologist [2010-04-15 14:43:00]   recommend this post  (899 visits)

For those friends who wonder what the hell is geology all about (and that keep asking me how can I make a living out of this thing) this has been a revealing week with a major quake in China (Qinghai province) and a sub-glacial eruption in [...]

Mysterious Spanish Earthquake

Olelog [2010-04-12 11:08:46]   recommend this post  (848 visits)

Here is what USGS wrote about the M6.3 earthquake Monday, April 12, 2010 at 12:08:10 AM at epicentre (Location 37.078°N, 3.470°W = 25 km SE of Granada, Depth 616.7 km. “The seismotectonics of the April 11, 2010 M6.3 Spanish earthquake is [...]