Memories of Mount St. Helens on the 30th Anniversary (1980-2010): Part 1
May 18, 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the dramatic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state. Now, rather than recount the event when the USGS and the Cascade Volcano Observatory have done...
View ArticleMonday Musings: Iceland update, St. Helens anniversary, earthquakes at Hood...
Some news for a sleepy Monday: Mt. Hood in Oregon. The ash from Eyjafjallajökull is, once again, causing significant airspace closure over northern Europe – close of 1,000 flights today. However, much...
View ArticleMemories of Mount St. Helens on the 30th Anniversary (1980-2010): Part 2
Part 2 of your recollections of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. You can read Part 1 here. You can also check out an amazing set of satellite images spanning 1979-2010 at the NASA Earth...
View ArticleMore on Eyjafjallajökull and the St. Helens Anniversary
News, news, news! Ash from Eyjafjallajökull piling up on a roof at Seljavellir. Image courtesy of the IMO, by Ari Tryggvason. The latest from Eyjafjallajökull has the volcano continuing to puff away –...
View ArticleEruptions Word of the Day: Dacite
So, I’ve had requests on the blog to help to do some defining of volcanologic terms on the blog, so I thought I’d try a new column called Eruptions Word of the Day. I’m not sure how often it will run,...
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