It certainly looks like some Terra Nova(or nueva tierra) on the way.Very exciting and a dream come true for a wide range of scientists.
Edited by user 11 November 2011 12:27:04(UTC) | Reason: Not specified
There was a magnitude 4.6 Earthquake overnight, the strongest so far. It was felt in La Palma and Tenerife (and La Gomera as well, I would imagine). It was centered on El Golfo bay, which is not the location of the existing eruption off La Restinga. This would strongly suggest that there may be another centre of eruption soon.
http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/
Worldwide webcams of volcanoes.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/volcano-webcams-of-the-world#etna
Beat me to it - I was just about to post that link.
OMG - I am flying to Copenhagen on Monday - I hope I can get back home for Christmas!
Worth for monitoring the potential situation
also new developments in El Hierro, the pedra-pomes collected between many floating near Restinga bay on the Nov 29th are Basaltic
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2011/11/6410551435_c7e20f219a_z.jpg
not silica, wich is rare
updated hourly at Armand Vervaeck website
"There is a bogus news story about Katla volcano. The bogus news are that Katla volcano is just few days from erupting. This is wrong. At the moment there are no signs that Katla volcano is about to erupt. There is currently a relative quiet in Katla volcano, compared to the activity several weeks ago" and
http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2011/12/02/iceland-trying-to-calm-katla-volcano-eruption-fears-in-international-media/
Last major eruption in Europe was also at the begining was basalting floating pommes stone and delivered amazing submarine eruption in the Azores islando of Faial in 1957 "Capelinhos eruption" here some video of the time
http://youtu.be/Ewv_wazJhYY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15917740
Article online from the bbc about what's currently happening off El Hierro island
Some quite astonishing images taken during 2011 of volcanic activity around the world.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/the-year-in-volcanic-activity/100209/
Excellent! Thanks for posting that link.
Some extraordinary and beautiful pictures there, always with the reminder that people living in those areas are affected or worse by the volcanic activity.
Superb set of pics. Cheers!
Cleveland volcano in the Aleutians has erupted with enough force to generate ash warnings for aviators:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/12/alaska-cleveland-volcano-eruption.html
but it appears that although Cleveland has been quite active over the last ten years, eruptions tend to be single isolated events at intervals, and the ash warning is already being reduced to 'watch' status.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaskas-cleveland-volcano-sends-ash-cloud-15000-feet-sky
Mount Etna has been reported erupting since wednesday with a new crater forming on the south east side.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ash-cloud-fears-italys-mt-etna-erupts-091406049.html
Impressive video
Thanks for posting
Now Etna is having another go - video 18 March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnnf28GBOn0