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Amazing Volcano Images Added! Long time VW friends Steve & Donna O'Meara of Volcano Watch International have kindly provided Volcano World with some amazing photographs of volcanoes from around the world. We are most grateful for their contribution and continued support. Click here to see their new images! To see even more of their amazing photographs and video footage of volcanic eruptions, visit: www.photoresearchers.com www.superstock.com www.ngdigitalmotion.com Also check out the great new photographs of Mount St. Helens taken by our own resident volcano expert Shan de Silva! 'RSS Site Feeds!' VW is happy to provide a site feed of the SI/USGS current eruptions and our "RAQ's" (Recently Asked Questions) (Note: Direct site feeds need a 'reader' program such as Google Reader or a RSS capable browser (such as Opera)) Current Eruptions Click above to directly subscribe to the RSS Feed or add VW eruptions to your homepage by clicking below: RAQ's (Recent Questions Emailed to VW) Click above to directly subscribe to the VW RAQ (Recently Asked Question's) feed or add it to your homepage by clicking below: L'IZTACCIHUATL et Le POPOCATEPETL 'Legends of the Volcano' VW students and staff have completed the first round of work updating the 'Legends of the Volcano' section! This section focuses on the myths and legends surrounding volcanoes in many cultures throughout the world. This is an ongoing VW project and we are interested in your input and local volcano stories!! Click this link to read more Legends of the Volcano! Science Netwatch: Information Eruption! Volcano World was mentioned in the netwatch section of the December 23rd issue of Science Magazine (Vol. 310. no. 5756, p. 1877). VW would like to thank netwatch editor Mitch Leslie for this honor. Science magazine is an exciting and interesting weekly publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Click here to read the full story. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - Download plug-in here.) VW Wins GeoSciences Information Society 2005 Best Website Award!! Congratulations to Rocky and the Staff of VW for winning the GeoSciences Information Society's "Best Website Award for 2005." This year, they decided upon two winners, one for the general public and the other for academia. VW won the best general public website award. Space Imaging has kindly provided Volcano World with some excellent IKONOS satellite images of Earth's volcanoes. We are grateful for their contribution and support.

Home Reef, Tonga Islands, Tonga (Image Credit: Fredrik Fransson) Pumice rafts originally reported to have been from Metis Shoal are now confirmed to have originated from an island-building eruption of the submarine Home Reef volcano. On 12 August, possibly four days after the beginning of the eruption, a sailor spotted the new island after encountering pumice rafts the previous day. A central crater produced steam plumes and occasional bursts of tephra. Fredrik Fransson and the Crew of the Yacht Maiken were in the area for a close look. Click here to see more amazing pumice raft images. Also, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite detected emissions from the eruption. According to the Simon Carn (U Md BC), this is the first example of satellite detection of emissions from a submarine volcano.Click here to see more satellite images of the new island built by Home Reef. Since the island will soon erode away, better see it soon! Etna, Sicily, Italy (Image: Stromboli Online) Strombolian activity and lava flows from SE Crater that began on 31 August continued until 15 September. During 22-27 September, 3-6 October, and 10-11 October, new but similar eruptive episodes with Strombolian explosions produced lava flows. Amazing photo's of the ongoing eruption at Etna can be found at Stromboli Online The great people at Panoflex have put together some stunning panoramic views of the current eruption. Click here to see the panoramas. Kilauea Eruption Movies Volcanoes can be difficult to study up close and in person. Because it may be days, weeks, or even years between important events, it is not always possible to have observers on the ground. In addition, volcanoes are often inaccessible due to their remote location and/or harsh environmental conditions. When you throw an eruption into the mix, another level of complexity is added to what may be an already difficult and dangerous situation. For these reasons, scientists at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have, for years, built camera systems to act as surrogate eyes, and, with the rapid advances in digital camera technology, these eyes are seeing better and better. Many of you are probably already aware of the Pu`u `O`o webcam and the Mauna Loa webcam serving near-real-time pictures of these two active volcanoes. Time lapse camera systems supplement the webcams by providing an inexpensive alternative that can be rapidly and easily deployed. These camera systems have allowed Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists to document a variety of exciting volcanic processes that occur on active shield volcanoes. These video's can be viewed at: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/kilauea/volcanomovies/ Volcano of the Month Shiveluch, Kamchatka, Russia On December 25th, a second volcano has erupted on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East, spewing out ash up to an altitude of 10 kilometers (6 miles), a local seismology center spokesman said Tuesday. The village of Kluchy, which is 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from the Shiveluch volcano, was covered in ash, and volcanic tremors were registered in the area, the spokesman said. Official have instructed local residents to avoid leaving their homes because particles of volcanic ash hanging in the air could cause poisoning and serious diseases. (Story via RIA Novosti, 2002 Image courtesy of the Kamchatcka Science Center)

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