Volcanos

Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity:

Monte Albano (Italy): What appears to be a new fumarole appeared near Rome's International Fiumicino airport Saturday morning. A vent producing small geyser-like fountains of steam, water and mud suddenly opened in the ground near a road crossing near Fiumicino. Geologists are currently examining the phenomenon. It is still a bit unclear whether it is not a man-made accident caused by a broken pipe or similar (which might well be the case). As La Repubblica statess, first inspections however indicate that ii is in fact a new natural vent. Obviously, there are also already some speculations whether it could be related to volcanic activity.

Kliuchevskoi (Kamchatka): Relatively intense strombolian activity continues at the summit. Bright glow can be seen at night. Both webcam images and MODIS hot spot data indicate the occurrence of hot avalanches on the slopes of the volcano as well.

Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): An explosion at 01:54 GMT was reported by VAAC Tokyo earlier today. The height of the ash plume could not be determined.

Rabaul (Tavurvur) (New Britain, Papua New Guinea): Mild to moderate explosive activity continues. During the past days, several ash plumes reaching 6,000 ft (1,8 km) altitude were reported. MODIS data show a hot spot at Tavurvur cone.

Bagana (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea): A hot spot remains visible at the volcano, indicating that some activity continues. This is likely mostly effusive in style, because no recent significant ash emissions have been detected.

Manam (Papua New Guinea): Activity at the volcano continues. An explosion earlier today produced an ash plume rising to 10,000 ft (3 km) altitude extending 80 nautical miles to the NW, VAAC Darwin reported. A recent NASA satellite image from 21 August shows two active vents at the summit of the stratovolcano, possibly containing lava lakes.