Tag: volcano
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Aogashima Island in Japan contains rare and active double volcano
Aogashima is a volcanic island in the Philippine Sea, under the administration of Tokyo, despite standing over 200 miles away from the Japanese mainland. The island is known for its unique double volcano structure, with a smaller volcano, Maruyama, located inside the larger caldera. You read that right; the island houses a volcano within a…
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The Rock: Urup Island, Russia
Here’s the last island you’d ever want to be stranded on. This uninhabited volcanic rock formation is part of a 552 square mile Russian island called Urup, which means ‘salmon trout’ in the Ainu language. Urup Island sits south of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. One…
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Mount Bromo Crater, East Java Indonesia
Mount Bromo is an active volcano located in the Tengger mountain range of East Java, Indonesia. It is also one of the most visited tourist attractions in the rugged Indonesian province. The views from atop the mountain are extraordinary, as one can see well into the crater and the beautiful countryside surrounding it. There’s also…
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Two ash-covered bodies from Vesuvius eruption uncovered at Pompeii
Archaeologists uncovered the body of a wealthy 40-year old man and his young slave in Pompeii, 2,000 years after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Excavations at the suburban villa Civita Giuliana, a suburb outside Pompeii, discovered the bodies covered in a bed of 6.5-foot ash. Researchers believe that the two men survived the initial eruption…
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The Taal volcano erupts in Philippine capital, showering Manila with ash and lava
The Taal volcano in south Philippine capital Manila erupted on Sunday spewing ash and red hot lava, forcing 13,000 people to evacuate. If you take a look at the photographs below, you can see the cloud of ash that blanketed towns near the volcano. While no casualties nor major destruction have been reported, sources say…
