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Mayan community was obliterated 1,590 years ago when a violent volcano erupted, according to a new study that uncovered the timeline using an ice core from Greenland and charred remains from the event Radiocarbon measurements date a massive eruption of El Salvador’s Ilopango volcano for the first time, to 431 AD The explosion was over 50 … Read more
24 Australians were among 47 tourists on New Zealand’s White Island when it erupted. THE DEAD: Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, from Brisbane. Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, (pictured) from Brisbane are among the dead Martin Hollander and his wife Barbara Martin Berend Hollander, 48, from Sydney. His two … Read more
A massive lake is bubbling in the belly of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano at temperatures ranging from 176 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit, deeming it one of the world’s hottest bodies of water. The lagoon surfaced following a 2018 eruption that caused part of the caldera floor to collapse, leaving ‘a hole nearly as deep as One … Read more
White Island volcano eruption survivor, 24, shares a heartwarming photo of her ‘second family’ in hospital – and says a tiny detail in the picture reveals the true extent of her horrific injuries Stephanie Browitt, 24, was permanently disfigured in White Island blast in Dec Her father Paul and sister Krystal were among the 21 … Read more
Incredible moment helicopter passengers film as they pass through a rare FULL CIRCLE rainbow while flying above a volcano The video was taken over the island Haleakala volcano in Maui, Hawaii Photographer Anna Kim, 40, captured the rare footage on a helicopter ride In the video there are what appears to be double rainbows on either … Read more
Indonesian volcano Mount Sinanbung spews a mountain of Ash three miles into the air in spectacular eruption Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia erupted for the second time in three days on Monday The volcano spewed a giant cloud of hot volcanic ash three miles into the air and turning the sky dark Residents … Read more
White Island volcano survivor Stephanie Browitt has revealed the full extent of her injuries after suffering horrific third degree burns to 70 per cent of her body. Ms Browitt is still on the long road to recovery after the December 2019 eruption off the east of New Zealand that claimed the lives of her sister and … Read more
Venus is geologically active and has as many as 37 recently ‘live’ volcanic structures called coronae that are dotted across its surface, according to astrogeologists. This overturns a previous theory that these ‘volcanic structures’ – first spotted through satellite observations of the planet – were long extinct. Researchers from the University of Maryland and the … Read more
White Island volcano survivor Stephanie Browitt has shared harrowing details about her road to recovery. Ms Browitt, 23, suffered third degree burns to 70 per cent of her body, while her sister and father were killed in the December 2019 eruption off the east coast of New Zealand. On Sunday the Victorian woman, from Craigieburn in … Read more
A tourist is stuck close to the crater of the highest active volcano in Eurasia with rescuers unable to reach him by foot or helicopter. The ailing man is stranded some 650ft below the rim of the giant 15,580 ft Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. Spewing volcanic activity and a melting high-altitude glacier is … Read more