Yellowstone supervolcano is found to be even bigger! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25312674.

Yellowstone supervolcano is found to be even bigger! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25312674.

 

If that thing decided to go off, even at past estimates on size,I think we would be in dire trouble.

It's amazing how big this thing is.

Let's hope it sleeps soundly.

Yellowstone supervolcano is found to be even bigger! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25312674.

 

Does it matter if one gets hit by a forty ton truck or a train?.

If that thing decided to go off, even at past estimates on size,I think we would be in dire trouble.

It's amazing how big this thing is.

Let's hope it sleeps soundly.

My understanding is that it doesn't sleep, in the sense of doing nothing.  It undergoes a very long process of "reloading" the magma chamber,

As the article says, the process is ongoing and the last eruption was around 640k years ago, with a cycle of around 700k years.

Unless you come up with an elixir of eternal life I don't think it's going to be a problem for you - or any of us.  More likely that the consequences of global warming will hit us first.

New Eruption May Be Brewing at El Hierro Volcano

LiveScience.com-by Becky Oskin-4 hours ago

Kaboom

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25545555

 LLTNP 105m asl 

Mt. Sinabung - Indonesia

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0101/Volcanic-eruptions-hit-western-Indonesia

A compilation of Sinabung eruption photos on the Telegraph website;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/10551746/Volcano-Mount-Sinabung-in-Sumatra-Indonesia-erupts-spewing-lava-and-ash.html

Impressive photos. Sinabung seems to have been very active in recent times.

It's certainly been very active lately. It's danger zone has been extended;

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/01/08/344398/indonesia-extends-danger-zone-in-sumatra/.

And more images, here;

http://www.leparisien.fr/diaporama/en-images-eruption-du-sinabung-des-dizaines-de-milliers-d-indonesiens-deplaces-08-01-2014-3473603.php?pic=1#infoBulles1.

Live webcam of Sinabung can be seen here;

http://www.qicknews.de/index.php/sinabung-indonesien. 

Residents flee amid fear of Mount Sinabung volcano eruption – in pictures!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/jan/10/mount-sinabung-volcano-indonesia?CMP=twt_fd#/?picture=426701346&index=0

The activity on Sinabung continues;

http://www.volcanoplanet.co.uk/apps/blog/show/40782662-pyroclastic-activity-goes-on-strong-at-sinabung.

A short video from Mount Etna as a new crater opens on the SE of the mountain.

The activity on Sinabung continues;

http://www.volcanoplanet.co.uk/apps/blog/show/40782662-pyroclastic-activity-goes-on-strong-at-sinabung.

Sadly it seems that Sinabung's latest eruption has killed at least 11 people, including a group of schoolchildren. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25999333

Bad news that...

Bad news that...

It certainly is. 14 died so far. 

Terrible things pyroclastic flows. 

An another volcano, this time Tungurahua in Ecuador, has produced a major eruption. See,

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/large-explosive-eruption-ecuadors-tungurahua/, and,

http://www.earth-of-fire.com/pages/tungurahua-strong-explosive-activity--8877445.html.

The plumes are impressive for Tungurahua..

Are any of these big enough to impact on climates? If so, it's the absolute wrong time of year for us