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2012-07-15T12:30:00.001+01:00

Volcano Live verdict

Volcano live was 4 days of live volcano reports from Hawaii on the BBC. It was OK with Iain Stuart fielding wild balls from Kate Humble , pre made mini docu films,some technical stuff which i was'nt expecting from the dumbed down BBC. Just a couple of things, why didnt they actually try to get some live material from somewhere as it was happening. Etna,Stromboli may have obliged, even Kilauea when madame pele is feeling courteous. The live bit was inside the camper van. It was good but not actually live volcano stuff- i know there not performing monkeys but some drama,excitement and a little percieved danger would have been good for the viewer. I loved it though and it made my week. Iain knows what he s talking about , Kate represented the public.

2012-07-08T21:45:00.001+01:00

Volcano Live on the BBC

With Iain Stewart and Kate Humble. Lucky lucky people.

Having exhauasted filming small mammals the BBC is now into volcanoes. This week long series of specials brings volcanoes from around the world. Kilauea and other parts other Hawaii. Looks pretty cool . Here s the link to the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tmqd6

If you re not in the uk try the BBC s Iplayer facilty which allows you to watch BBC programmes onyour computer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Indonesia 8.6 earthquake 11 April 2012

2012-04-16T22:03:00.000+01:00

On April 11 2012 ,434km south west of Banda Aceh , an earthquake of 8.6 occured at a depth of 22km. A tsunami warning was issued but as the movement was predominantly horizontal no significant water displacement occured and no tsunamis. Much to the relief of the citizens of the Indian Ocean rim who were just recovering from the boxing day tsunami of 2004. Large earthquakes could disturb the plumbing of volcanoes in the area such as Toba.

Etna Eruptions Spring 2012

2012-04-16T21:53:00.000+01:00

NSEC photo

Since the beginning of March a new cinder cone called the New SE crater has formed near the summit of Mt Etna. Strombolian Activity and Paroxysms (violent lava fountains) and smoke rings have been emmited. Lava flows have flowed down the slopes into the Valle de Bove.Ash clouds and ejectas has been blown several Km high.

Vanuatu earthquake 9th March 2012

2012-03-10T11:49:00.000+00:00

Vanuatu lies on the Australian/Pacific plate destructive boundary and has been the location of many earthquakes recently of similar most of which are at depths of 35km. The biggest tsunami so far was 23cm. However being on a destructive margin means that tsunamis are likely.

An earthquake of 7.1 occured in Vanuatu at a depth of 35km. The news reports no Tsunami. Which just shows what journalists know. The earthquake was deep and did not disturb the sea floor therefore no uplift of the water column above and no tsunami. No doubt the media were dissapointed as they love a disaster. There was no chanc of a tsunami. So the news is there is no news - thankfully!

Friday, March 9, 2012 10:47:03 PM at epicenter
Depth: 35.10 km (21.81 mi)

Aurora Borealis

2012-03-10T11:32:00.000+00:00

The Aurora Borealis or northern lights have been active this week as the solar wind blows towards the earth. The sun is entering a new active phase after being quiet for a while. Massive ejections of material from the sun called solar flares interact with the earths magnetic field and create a dazzling display of waving lights across the night sky.

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tsunami anniversary

2012-03-01T21:23:00.000+00:00

One year on from the Japanese tsunami and those dramatic pictures. Its often easy to forget that the disaster is still impacting on peoples lives. The nuclear power plant is now undercontrol but the area may never be inhabited again. Debris still remains piled up and many still missing. fingerss crossed itsquietfor a while.

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Spring cometh

2012-02-28T19:25:00.000+00:00

Now we are thawing out in the UK, time to think of summer hols. Why not head to a volcano! Sicilly,Caribbean,New Zealand,USA,South America and Costa Rica. . They all have fabulous volcanoes ,great scenery and good climates. Have a look at http://www.adventure-travel-hut.co.uk/ for not just volcano ideas but for all things adventurous.

volcano snow

2011-11-26T10:51:00.000+00:00

first apologies for the strange ads from google,on the right they are supposed to be relevant . working on it

last year the uk at the end of november the snow and cold arrived and lasted till the new year. thanks some say to volcanoes in kamchatka chucking out ash and aerosols such as sulphurdioxide which swirled round northern latitudes. we re not that far away if yougo via north pole. anyway this year temperatures in november have struggled to dip below 10C during the day. what a contrast i have bulbs coming up in the garden.no doubt the snow will come as ourmild winters seem to have thankfully gone . i think mid dec itwill start to cool down and cold into new year.come on kamchatka wake up

phew

2011-10-16T21:21:00.002+01:00

Hi, well that was a right mess. sorry we changed hosts and it was a bit of a mess but we re back now and hoping to add more content soon.

Richard Hammond Programme BBC

2011-07-26T22:26:00.000+01:00

Well? What did we think of this programme. Lots of waterfalls i thought, slow splashing waves and quite a few combustion engines. Some interesting bits but is the marianas trench really a "baby"! All in all more of a kids programme than an adult 9.00 slot programme. Dr.Iain Stewart is more suited this topic as he is actually a geologist. Sorry Beeb but a bit of a nil point on this for me. Hammond should stick to cars and engines- not this vehicle.

Geocaching

2011-07-22T17:25:00.000+01:00

Geocaching is searching for hidden "treasure boxes" or caches hidden by the geocaching community world wide. Using a GPS enabled device such as a phone or specific gps ( not a traffic one) you search for hidden boxes in the great outdoors. Its good fun.find out more at http://www.geocaching.com/. Its a technological treasure hunt.

Volcano Holidays

2011-06-20T14:38:00.000+01:00

If you fancy a real adventure why not head off to a volcano this year. There s something about walking on earth which is slightly warm and smells unworldly. Check out our volcano travel page for ideas you wont regret it.

Fun and Games

2011-06-15T12:10:00.000+01:00

Apologies for the erratic nature of the site recently my laptop got a virus which took a while to fix. Then i had problems with redirecting some old pages to the new ones. fingers crossed its fixed. For all the geeks out there - don;t put spaces in your html files because if you ever need to redirect then htaccess will say -- some very unpleasent things and so will you !!! Hopefully now i can get back to content. Phew.

Christchurch Quakes

2011-06-15T12:07:00.000+01:00

Poor old Christchurch. Their faults seem to be on the move. When we learn about earthquakes and hear about them on the news we don t really take into account the human stress that they cause. We just come up with statistics. The people of Christchurch ar living with so much uncertainty. I would nt be surprised to see people move away just for peace of mind. Once a disaster has gone from the news we tend to think its all ok again. Spare a thought then for Christchurch,Haiti and Japan.

Chile,fracking and etna

2011-06-09T23:22:00.000+01:00

Fantastic pictures of Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano has erupted in Chile after a large earthquake at the weekend.Ash and debris are erupting from a 5km long fissure on the volcano. 4000 people have been evacuated.The ash has drifted over to Argentina and temporarily closed Beunos Aries Airport,flights in Chile and Uruguay.More lava eruptions could be coming so keep watching.

The Fracking issue rumbles on-literally.After several small earthquakes due to fracking near blackpool drilling has stopped. Fracking is the injection of high pressure fluids into gas bearing shales to release gas reserves.

Forgot to say that my June 1st etna anniversary has just passed. This is where the photo on the blog is on . Read the story here http://www.explorevolcanoes.com/new-volcano-travel-holidays.html

New blog for Explorevolcanoes.com

2011-06-06T16:44:00.001+01:00

Hey everyone, sorry if we were offline for a few days. We re back now. having fried my brain with one blog here is anothe so fingers crossed it works, All quiet on the volcano front as far as air travel goes. Case studies coming along. sorry for delay.