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Devastating Yellowstone ‘Supervolcano’ Eruption Is Greater Than Previously Thought

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Since about mid-July, the earth beneath the volcano has been shifting in a sign that magma could be rushing into the caldera’s main chamber.

Since then, there have been roughly 2,500 small-scale earthquakes recorded near the volcano, the largest stretch on record. Previous estimates had assumed that the process that led to the eruption took millenniums to occur.

The same estimates that USGS based their warning on.

As the New York Times explains, the Yellowstone caldera is a behemoth far more powerful than your average volcano. It has the ability to expel more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of rock and ash at once, 2,500 times more material than erupted from Mount St. Helens in 1980, which killed 57 people. That could blanket most of the United States in a thick layer of ash and even plunge the Earth into a volcanic winter.

As the Times points out, scientists expect a supervolcano eruption to scar the planet once every 100,000 years.

To reach their conclusion, the team of scientists spent weeks at Yellowstone’s Lava Creek Tuff – a fossilized ash deposit from the volcano’s last supereruption, where they gathered samples and analyzed the volcanic leftovers. The analysis allowed the scientists to pin down changes in the lava flow before the last eruption. The crystalline structures of the rocks recorded changes in temperature, pressure and water content beneath the volcano just like tree rings do. (source)

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Mt Etna eruption LIVE: Lava spewing from Europe’s highest & most active volcano

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Italy’s Mt Etna in spectacular eruption. Image Credit: Antonia Parinello/Reuters

Mt Etna’s first eruption of the year creates stunning light show

Europe’s highest active volcano Mount Etna erupts in Sicily

SkyNEWS reports:

The volcano’s eruptions can last days or even weeks but officials say there is no danger to the towns on the mountain.

One of the world’s most active volcanoes has erupted for the first time this year, creating a spectacular show of light over the Italian island of Sicily.

Mount Etna, the highest volcano in continental Europe, has been largely free of eruptions over the past two years.

But it came to life on Monday evening, with bright orange lava spewing from its 3,330m-high peak.

The lava and ash cloud could be seen from the Sicilian city of Catania and the resort town of Taormina.

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest and most active volcano, spews lava as it erupts on the southern island of Sicily, Italy February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello – RTS10S7A

The airport at Catania, about 31 miles away, remained open, although authorities said they were tracking the ash cloud.

There was no danger to the towns on the mountain, they added.

By Tuesday evening, the eruption was easing.

Etna is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and has been known to burst into life several times a year.

The last major eruption was in 1992.

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Mount Ontake Volcano Erupts in Japan

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Japan’s Mount Ontake Volcanic Eruption Traps Hikers – Volcano Erupts In Japan; 250 Trapped, 11 Hurt
Several climbers have been injured in Japan after Mount Ontake volcano erupted, sending huge plumes of ash and stones into the sky.
Witnesses heard a “thunder-like” boom before the eruption at the 3,067m (10,120ft) peak, situated between Nagano and Gifu prefectures.

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the army will help rescue some 150 climbers sheltering in lodges near the summit.
Officials have warned residents within a 4km radius of the risk of debris.
Mount Ontake last erupted in 2007.

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What Caused This Red Glow Over the Pacific Ocean?

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VIA| The pilot and co-pilot of a Boeing 747-8 flying from Hong Kong to Anchorage, Alaska, were passing near the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka when they observed a fiery reddish glow over the Pacific.

With no other planes in the area at the time to confirm the sighting, they took pictures of and reported to Air Traffic Control, then completed the flight to Anchorage.

So … what was it?

On August 24, 2014, Dutch pilot and photographer JPC van Heijst was five hours into the ten hour flight when he spotted a single intense bolt of light shoot vertically into the air.

There were no other flashes or storms in the area or on their radar. Twenty minutes later, he saw the red glow.

Having heard reports of earthquakes in California, Chile and Iceland, he checked for quakes or volcanic activity on the route but saw no alerts. Despite that, van Heijst later wrote on pbase.com that he suspected it was an underwater volcano.

“The closer we got, the more intense the glow became, illuminating the clouds and sky below us in a scary orange glow, in a part of the world where there was supposed to be nothing but water. The only cause of this red glow that we could think of, was the explosion of a huge volcano just underneath the surface of the ocean, about 30 minutes before we overflew that exact position.”

Sounds plausible, although van Heijst saw no ash plume as they continued to Alaska. Because of that, some experts suspected it was the LED lights used by fishing boats like the green glow that astronaut Reid Wiseman saw recently off the coast of Bangkok. However, the intensity of the light seen by van Heijst would have required at least 50 boats and none were reported in the area.

Another theory was light pollution from a city, but the sighting was far from any coastal or island cities capable of producing that kind of glow.

Investigators are now searching the area for signs of an active volcano or a new island formed by one.

Volcano?

Boats? 

Methane gas bubbling under the ocean?

Or was it something else?