Japan's Mount Kirishima Volcano Erupts Explosively

[irishspirit]

A spectacular volcanic eruption is currently under way in Japan. The mountain Kirishima is firing red-hot magma and volcanic bombs into the air.

Mount Kirishima, a volcano on the southern island of Kyushu, began erupting on Jan. 26.



A giant ash cloud (http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/indonesia-eruption-why-are-volcanic-plumes-so-dangerous--1136/) poured from the volcano, prompting the Tokyo VAAC to issue an ash warning for places above 25,000 feet (7.6 kilometers).
Volcanic material shot from the crater, triggering pyroclastic flows, according to the blog Big Think (http://bigthink.com/ideas/26666).


Kirishima ejected volcanic bombs — lava fragments that are rounded as they fly through the air — more than a mile (2 kilometers) high from its vent, according to news reports. Images of the eruption show plumes of glowing material shooting a few hundred feet in the air. A volcanic vent is a gap in the Earth's crust through which lava and volcanic gases can escape.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj57AgWZhKk&feature=player_embedded


http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/japanese-volcano-kirishima-eruption-110126-1020/

[irishspirit]

A one-mile cordon has been established around a volcano on Mount Kirishima after it erupted scattering rocks and ash across southern Japan and sending smoke billowing 5,000ft into the air.

The Meteorological Agency raised the volcanic alert to level 3 as ash today continued to spew from Shinmoedake on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, and residents have been banned from going within a mile of the volcano following its worst eruption in 50 years.


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-1351064-0CEF6C15000005DC-720_964x544.jpg Force of nature: Lightning strikes as Shinmoedake erupts, scattering ash and rocks across a wide swathe of southern Japan



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-1351064-0CEF1412000005DC-399_964x1249.jpg Ash and smoke continued to billow 5,000ft above Shinmoedake today as residents were banned from going within a mile of the volcano



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351064/Japan-raises-alert-following-volcanos-biggest-eruption-50-years.html#ixzz1CGJ5oiFN

[bluestflame]

another vid (i think )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2575Z_jTUw&feature=player_embedded