Stars over an Erupting Volcano Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
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Oozing tendrils of lava spew from Mount Etna in spectacular nighttime photos
Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has been erupting for nearly two weeks straight, and the photos are stunning. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mount-etna-eruption-photos-2021.html
Mount Etna erupts
Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/mount-etna-erupts-feb2021…
Spectacular ‘ice volcano’ appears in Kazakhstan
An ‘ice volcano’ has formed above a hot spring in the Almaty region of southeastern Kazakhstan. What is causing this unusual phenomenon? Source: https://www.livescience.com/ice-volcano-in-kazakhstan.html
Southern Cross over Chilean Volcano
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Hundreds of never-before-seen life-forms live in this 6,000-foot-deep volcano’s acid jets
Researchers discover 300 novel microbes living near the blazing hot jets of an underwater volcano near New Zealand Source: https://www.livescience.com/extreme-microbes-underwater-volcano.html
Volcano in Ecuador can trigger avalanches that travel 60 kilometres
Sangay volcano in Ecuador has collapsed twice in the past 250,000 years, unleashing debris avalanches that caused devastation over 60 kilometres away Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265152-volcano-in-ecuador-can-trigger-avalanches-that-travel-60-kilometres/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
220 years ago today: 1st asteroid discovered
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid Ceres – now considered a dwarf planet – on January 1, 1801. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/jan-1-1801-discovery-of-ceres…
Dramatic images of erupting Kilauea volcano in Hawaii
Overnight on Sunday, USGS reported lava fountains that shot nearly 165 feet into the sky from a fissure on the eastern side of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Lava has replaced the water that was in the basin of the crater, and a new lava lake was formed. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/dramatic-images-kilauea-volcano-hawaii-eruption-dec-2020…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts with dramatic lava fountains
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted beginning Sunday (Dec. 20) night local time, with dramatic lava fountains and huge puffs of gas and steam being launched from the summit crater called Halema’uma’u. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-erupts-earthquakes.html