Marc Szeglat

Eyjafjallajoekull: Eruption on Iceland

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The eruption of Eyjafjoell-volcano on Iceland started 21st March 2010. The first part took place on a new fissure which opened on a saddle between the glaciers Myrdalsjoekull and Eyjafjallajoekull. The second part began some days after the first eruption ended. This was a powerful sub glacial eruption in the caldera at the summit of Eyjafjallajoekull.

Yellowstone: Pictures of hot springs and geysers

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In Yellowstone National Park you can find the majority of the world’s geysers: Old Faithful, Castle, Grand and Steamboat are the most popular Geysers of Yellowstone. Other attractions are the hot springs and pools. Minerals and thermophilic algae and bacteria give the pools a colorful look. The origin of the hot water phenomena is a giant volcano. The Yellowstone volcano is a caldera volcano, which is known for its massive eruptions.

The National Park was founded in 1872 and was America’s first national park. The park prevents some of the largest populations of grizzly bears, wolves and herds of elk and bison.

I visited the Yellowstone two times: in 1991 and 2007. Here are the pictures of my last journey.

Yasur on Tanna

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While the other volcanoes of Vanuatu are only sporadically active, the Yasur is permanently active for at least 800 years and has some similarities with the Stromboli in Italy. The activity of the small volcano is strombolian. Yasur erupts even at shorter intervals than Stromboli. On average, 500 explosions at Yasur can be registered per day. In the “wild” times the bursts tend towards volcanic type and can then be stronger by far than the regular eruptions of Stromboli. So it is the Yasur not rare that lava rocks fly up to the crater rim. In autumn 2008, two Asian tourists were killed during one of these eruptions. Their guide survived the disaster.

The 405-meter-high volcano is easily accessible. The cone was built in the caldera of an older volcano that collapsed after a major eruption. The special feature here is that the bottom of the caldera raises an average of 15 centimeters per year.