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Fuego volcano (Guatemala): increasing lava emission with pyroclastic flows

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The Extincion Protocol Sept 3 2013

September 3, 2013 – GUATEMALA – A phase of increased lava flow activity occurred this morning from about 6 am local time, generating a series of pyroclastic flows that descended several ravines on different, but mostly the southwestern side of the volcano. The volcano has been in moderate effusive activity for at least the past two weeks, feeding relatively small lava flows on the upper steep slope. A sudden increase in effusion rate seems to have caused the destabilization of the lava flows, generating rockfalls that turned into pyroclastic flows. The lava flows have quickly increased from previously 200 m to about 2 km length. The surge of magma supply is also suggested by the appearance of strong tremor pulses the previous night. In the meanwhile, explosive (strombolian) activity from the summit vent has remained weak. An ash plume rising as a by-product of the pyroclastic flows was reported to about 12,000 ft (3.6 km) altitude. –Volcano Discovery

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Tornadoes Tear Across Northern Japan; Dozens Injured

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Wunderground.com - 9/3/13

TOKYO  -- Tornadoes tore through eastern Japan on Monday, injuring dozens of people, at least one seriously, and destroying some buildings.

Police in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo, said 63 people were reported injured. Details of their injuries were not immediately available.

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~ Space Weather Update~ Windpseed 428~ Threat for M Class Flares

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QUIET SUN: With no sunspots actively flaring, the Earthside of the sun remains quiet. However, two sunspots have 'beta-gamma' magnetic fields that pose a threat for M-class solar flares. One of them, AR1836, is directly facing Earth. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

ARCTIC LIGHTS: "Last night we had a spectacular sunset," reports photographer Frank Olsen, "but the auroras were even better." This is what the end of the day looked like from Olsen's photo-site on Andøya island, Norway:

The source of the display was a minor solar wind stream buffeting Earth's magnetic field--not hard enough to trigger a full-fledged geomagnetic storm, but enough to spark auroras visible against the darkening late-summer sky.

More lights are in the offing. A CME that left the sun yesterday will sail past Earth on Sept. 6th. The cloud won't hit our planet, but Earth will likely pass through the CME's wake, setting the stage for a new round of Arctic auroras. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

Peru snow state of emergency extended to more regions

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BBC News - 8/31/13

A woman walks along a snowy road on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia on 25 August 2013
 
An unusual cold spell has hit Peru and its neighbour Bolivia as well as Paraguay
 

The Peruvian government has extended to nine more regions a state of emergency called to cope with unusually cold weather and heavy snowfall.

At least two people have died and 33,000 others have been affected by the cold spell, local officials say. Tens of thousands of animals have frozen to death over the past week.

More: BBC.co.uk

 

Moon, Jupiter, Mars and star cluster before dawn September 2

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Earthsky.org, 9/1/13

 

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If you’re up at morning dawn, the two heavenly bodies that you’re most likely to see are the waning crescent moon and the planet Jupiter. After all, the moon and Jupiter rank as the brightest and second-brightest celestial objects, respectively, to light up the September 2013 morning sky.

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