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Volcanic eruptions may have contributed to major extinction events, such as the End-Ordovician, Permian-Triassic, and Late Devonian mass extinctions. [80] The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora created global climate anomalies that became known as the "Year Without a Summer" because of the effect on North American and European weather. [81]
Stunning footage has shown 100m high lava waves lap up out of an Icelandic ridge following the eruption of a volcano on the island.. The dramatic scene can be seen up to 20km away after the skies ...
A time-lapse video captured the northern lights above orange clouds of smoke billowing from an erupting volcano in the southwest part of the island nation. Other videos show lava bursting from ...
An eruption on 16 March injured 10 people, including a BBC News television crew, after magma exploded upon contact with snow. [97] [98] 3 Mount Ontake [99] Japan 2014 63 A phreatic eruption and pyroclastic flow occurred without warning, killing 63 people. Deadliest eruption in Japan since 1902, first volcano-related deaths in Japan since 1991. 2
The moment an easyJet plane flies over an erupting Iceland volcano has been captured in an incredible video.. The volcano on Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest of Reykjavik, erupted for the seventh ...
The name Huaynaputina, also spelled Huayna Putina, was given to the volcano after the 1600 eruption. [4] [5] According to one translation cited by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Huayna means 'new', and Putina means 'fire-throwing mountain'; the full name is meant to suggest the aggressiveness of its volcanic activity and refers to the 1600 eruption being its first one.
Iceland became the focus of many this past week as one of its many volcanoes erupted. Photos and videos mesmerize as they show fountains of ... A volcanic eruption is seen turning the sky orange ...
The last major eruption occurred in 1994. [7] An eruption on January 1, 2008, forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby villages. A column of smoke approximately 3000 m high was observed. An amateur caught the early eruption phase on video. [8] The volcanic ash expelled by Llaima travelled east over the Andes into Argentina.