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The lighthouse of the Pacific

Mt. Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu / September 2016. The locals describe Mt. Yasur as hell in paradise. Like Captain Cook, attracted to the Island's glow during his voyage in 1774, my journey would take me far closer to this spellbinding hell. Mt. Yasur is a 361m high stratovolcano, located on Tanna Island, ...

In awe at Mount Tarawera

Mount Tarawera was made up of series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured by a massive eruption in 1886. Today, the volcano sits silent and makes for an excellent hike to the summit.

Indonesian Expedition

Captivated by shaky ground, eruptions and blue lava while ascending the rumbling volcanoes of Indonesia. (more…)

Dropping (and frying) my GoPro in a lava lake

During my last Volcanic Expedition (led by Geoff Mackley) to Ambrym Island, we stumbled across a new lava lake. Unlike Marum and Benbow, we could hear the roaring lake below, but couldn't see it. So, with a 100 meters of wire, we attached my GoPro and ...

Waimangu (Raupo Pond) Hydrothermal Eruption

A vent located in the Raupo Pond Crater (Waimangu) has erupted for the first time in 35 years. We visited the eruption site and found mostly mud, water and steam had been ejected. Nearby vegetation had been mostly browned off, with very little destroyed. The ...

Ruapehu volcanic gas increases, alert level increases to 2

The Volcano Alert Level has increase from 1 to 2 The Aviation Colour Code has changed to yellow Moderate levels of volcanic tremor continue The crater lake temperature continues to rise (45 ºC) Carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) outputs have increased

Ruapehu Crater Lake at highest temp since 2000

After reporting that lake heating had stopped, GNS has issued another bulletin warning that the temperature continues to rise.  Ruapehu's Crater Lake is now at 44 °C. This is the hottest reading since the new lake formed back in the year 2000. This increased temperature is evident with Mirova's middle infrared ...

Volcanic earthquakes beneath the Crater Lake of Ruapehu

GNS have just issued a Volcano Alert Bulletin, warning of a swarm of earthquakes occuring directly beneath the Crater Lake of Mt Ruapehu. The Crate Lake temperature has also risen from 25 °C to 40 °C, however such increases have been observed previously without any eruptive activity. No ...
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