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ERUPTION NEWS

During September and October 1996, many volcanoes all around the globe erupted, the most spectacular eruptions being those of Soufriere Hills in the Caribbean and Bardarbunga-Grimsvštn in Iceland. Brief summaries of recent eruptions can be found on the Latest News Page.

Sunday 27 October 1996

• Many new images of Southern Chilean volcanoes have been submitted:
• A fairly complete documentation of Villarrica's eruptions in 1948-1949, 1963-1964, 1971-1972 and 1984-1985 is now available. The effects of a recent increase of its activity will soon be investigated by Werner Keller.
• An introductory description of Calbuco, one of Chile's most dangerous volcanoes, is now available, including spectacular photos of its most recent major eruptions, in 1929 and 1961. Photos of a mid-October 1996 overflight will appear on these pages within the next two weeks.
• Osorno, one of Chiles most scenic volcanoes, is represented by two photos showing lahar deposits, and many more photos (including views of its flank cinder cones, the sites of the most recent historic eruptions) will soon appear on the Osorno page.
• Stay tuned for news about Etna, Stromboli and Vulcano, and for photos of some of the least known places on the Isole Eolie!!!

Saturday 24 August 1996

• It will take several days until you will see the new Calbuco home page, but by clicking on the image at left, you will get a large (70k JPG) image of the Plinian eruption column of the March 1961 eruption of that poorly known volcano in Southern Chile. This photo (a WWW-first!) and others have been submitted by Werner Keller (again!), and more will soon appear on these pages.

Thursday 22 August 1996

• Werner Keller has submitted another spectacular photo of Villarrica's 1971 eruption, taken by Chilean resident Mrs. Hennecke. Next Chilean volcano to be added to these pages will be Calbuco (stay tuned for exciting photos!)
• Mike Lyvers has submitted photos from his recent trip to Vanuatu for which there is not yet a page ready, but you may already share my joy looking at them. By the way, compare the views of Ambrym's active lava lake with those of the one in Villarrica! There are photos of:
  • Yasur volcano seen from a distance,
  • Night view of Yasur from several km away,
  • Lava fountain of Yasur taken 500 m below crater rim,
  • Night eruption from Yasur from same spot as previous,
  • Benbow cone of Ambrym volcano seen from Ambrym's caldera floor,
  • View of Ambrym caldera floor seen from Benbow's crater rim; Lopevi cone in left distance,
  • Crater rim of Benbow, Mrs. Lyvers gives scale,
  • View into the crater of Benbow; the lava lake is hidden from view,
  • Marum cone of Ambrym volcano seen from Ambrym's caldera floor,
  • Largest of Marum's 3 active craters, the one having an active lava lake,
  • Lava lake of Marum,
  • Another shot of Marum's lava lake
  • Still another view of Marum's lava lake.
• Some text has finally been added to Amy Clifton's nice 1994 photos of Heimaey, Iceland.

Wednesday 21 August 1996

• After a one-month break, mirroring of this site at MTU has resumed. Thus, getting connected with the most up-to-date versions of these pages from the U.S. has again become much more convenient. Mirroring will also be back to normal at the Italian mirror at VOL within the next few days.

Wednesday 14 August 1996

• The homepage layout has been slightly modified. Buttons at the bottom of this page will link you to some of the important "general" pages of this site while the column at left has the links to individual volcanoes of Italy.

Thursday 8 August 1996

• Geomar was off-line from 26 July until 2 August 1996. During this time the Geomar WWW server could not be reached from the outside world, and in turn, we did not receive mail here. During the next few days, the situation will gradually return to normal, but additions to these pages will only be visible on the MTU and VOL mirrors for some time.
• New photos have been added about the 1948-1949 and 1971-1972 eruptions of Villarrica volcano, Chile.
• A link has been made to a nice new page about Monte Nuovo volcano, Campi Flegrei (but this is in Italian!).

Sunday 21 July 1996

• Added photos of Heimaey after the 1973 eruption, kindly supplied by Amy Clifton.
• Some photos have also been added to the Roccamonfina page, but written text is still lacking on that page.
• Avachinsky, together with its less active neighbor Koryaksky, has been declared one of now sixteen Decade volcanoes. Stay tuned for more on this on these pages.

Thursday 18 July 1996

• Added descriptions about Villarrica's 1948-1949 and 1963 and 1964 eruptions.

Sunday 14 July 1996

• The new Villarrica volcano homepage has been extended with spectacular photos and text submitted by Werner Keller, and a new page about Villarrica's 1971-1972 eruption has been added. The images presented on this page show the effect of lava flows onto and through glacial ice, and there are not even similar photos available of that eruption elsewhere.
• Text and images have been supplied by L. Giacomelli and R. Scandone about a poorly known Quaternary volcano in Italy, Ventotene.

Tuesday 9 July 1996

• Added links to reports and spectacular photos about Karymsky volcano in the Global Volcanism Network Bulletin. Some of the photos are textbook quality portraits of phreatomagmatic and Vulcanian activity.

Sunday 7 July 1996

• From 1 May to 30 June 1996, the homepage was visited more than 700 times! Thank you to everybody who visited, and to everybody who reads this in this moment. Keep on checking, changes are being made frequently. See the most recent ones:
• The marvellous photos of Marco Fulle (Trieste, Italy) of Etna and Stromboli have arrived! See the latest views of Etna's NE Crater and Stromboli in eruption on the Stromboli, June 1996 and Etna, May-June 1996 pages.
• New photos have been added to the Gallery of historical images of Vesuvio, mostly of the period 1872-1906.
• Photos have also been added to the Monte Nuovo (Campi Flegrei) page and to the Campi Flegrei homepage.
• A photo of the November 1975 lava flow of Stromboli has been added. This photo was originally published by Capaldi et al. (1978) in Bulletin Volcanologique.
• A spectacular photo mosaic of the crater of Vesuvio has been added to the top of the May 1996 image gallery of Vesuvio.
• New images of Pollara have been added to the Salina page.
• A preliminary page has been set up of Villarrica volcano, Chile.
• Photos of various cones and craters of Etna are presented.

Wednesday 3 July 1996

• Added a beautiful photo of Villarrica with a small dome fountain filling its active intracrateral vent. The photo was taken by Werner Keller who will soon feature more spectacularly on these pages.
• A new link to a new Stromboli page (in German) has been added. Nice shots of Stromboli in eruption (May 1996) and of Lipari.

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