Volcano Discover Friday Oct 25, 2013 09:28 AM | BY: T
Strrong strombolian explosion from the western vent of Stromboli (24 Oct)
Activity has picked up during the past week. During a visit yesterday afternoon and evening, we observed frequent and often strong strombolian eruptions from the NW vent (Ginostra side), which had enlarged a lot since early this year.
Explosions occurred at 5-10 minutes intervals and produced spatter-rich jets to heights to 200-300 m. Glow from the vent and weak spattering indicates that the magma column inside the western vent has risen high.
In contrast, the central vents were completely inactive and showed no glow, different from what had been observed during most of the past years.
The NE crater (Stromboli side), that had been the site of most activity until early this year, only had weaker and more infrequent (1 per half an hour, approx.) strombolian explosions and showed only weak glow in the intervals.
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