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From: peewee (68.12.251.128)
Subject: Volcanoes At Both Poles Erupting Now
Date: January 12, 2006 at 8:16 am PST
Volcanoes At Both
Poles Erupting Now
Surfing The Apocalypse
Network MercoPress.com
1-11-6 Mount Belinda on Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands
is erupting, reports the South Georgia government.
The Royal Air Force plans to fly a maritime patrol to the
remote island from the Falkland Islands as soon as the weather
allows to investigate the scale of the eruption.
A representative of the Government of South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands plans to go on the flight to see first
hand the effects of the volcano, including changes to the
coastline in the areas in which seabirds normally breed. From
the satellite images it seems that the major colonies are
unaffected as they lie on the far side of the island.
The four and a half thousand foot mountain was thought to be
inactive until RAF patrols and satellite imaging four years
ago showed low level activity, with ash staining the snow
covered mountain top. For the past two years the volcano has
been erupting more forcefully, and a recent satellite image
shows a large, fast moving lava flow, 90 meters wide, which is
reported to be adding 50 acres a month to the island.
The South Sandwich Islands are made up of a volcanic arc of
eleven islands in the Weddell Sea, and together with South
Georgia, they form one of the British Overseas Territories.
http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=7037
Observatory Confirms Eruption Of Augustine Volcano
KTVA Staff - Alaska
1-11-6
The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Mount Augustine Volcano
has erupted. Geologist Jennifer Adleman says an ash cloud has
been confirmed.
The observatory estimates the cloud is about 30-thousand feet
high.
Residents of Clam Gulch on the Kenai Peninsula told the
observatory they had spotted ash in their community. Adleman
says she's not sure if ash was spotted in the air or on the
ground.
A pair of explosions this morning shortly before five a.m.
marked the onset of the eruption.
The volcano is 75 miles southwest of Homer and about 180 miles
southwest of Anchorage.
The observatory says it plans flights today to gain more
information on the kinds of gasses that the mountain expelled.
The four-thousand-134-foot volcano last erupted in 19-86. The
explosions today were preceded by increased earthquake
activity last night.
That prompted the observatory to upgrade the level of concern
code from yellow to orange. With the explosions, the code is
now red.
http://www.ktva.com/topstory/ci_3392670
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