Saturday, June 17, 2006
Blast eases pressure in volcano
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(Times Online) from Indonesia.
Part of the lava dome on Mount Merapi has collapsed, easing the pressure that threatened to trigger a full-blown eruption, according to a vulcanologist monitoring the Indonesian volcano. Antonius Ratdomopurbo said that a large gas blast, the biggest of the year on the country’s most dangerous volcano, brought down a section of its dome. The blast allowed red-hot lava and scorching gas to escape into a newly formed crater, relieving pressure and lowering the possibility of the dome’s complete collapse, which many feared could trigger a huge eruption.
“Now that the magma can flow out into the new crater, the dome will become more stable,” Mr Ratdomopurbo said. (AP)
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Look no hands!Posted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Times Online) from Indonesia.
Part of the lava dome on Mount Merapi has collapsed, easing the pressure that threatened to trigger a full-blown eruption, according to a vulcanologist monitoring the Indonesian volcano. Antonius Ratdomopurbo said that a large gas blast, the biggest of the year on the country’s most dangerous volcano, brought down a section of its dome. The blast allowed red-hot lava and scorching gas to escape into a newly formed crater, relieving pressure and lowering the possibility of the dome’s complete collapse, which many feared could trigger a huge eruption.
“Now that the magma can flow out into the new crater, the dome will become more stable,” Mr Ratdomopurbo said. (AP)
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