Thursday, June 15, 2006
Lake atop Vanuatu volcano turns red
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(TheAge.com.au) from Vanuatu.
Volcanologists were wondering why a lake atop a rumbling volcano on the South Pacific island of Ambae has changed colour from blue to bright red.
Mount Manaro, one of four volcanos currently active in the island nation of Vanuatu, has been showing signs of erupting for only the second time in 122 years.
Vanuatu, formerly called the New Hebrides Islands, is a chain of 13 main islands 2,300 km east of north-east Australia.
"We are still ... trying to understand this change of colour in the lake from blue to red," Geology and Mines Department director Esline Garae said by telephone from the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila.
She said two scientists on Ambae Island were monitoring Lake Vui and seismic activity on the 1,500 metre Mount Manaro. Read More...
Smoke trails away from Mount EtnaPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(TheAge.com.au) from Vanuatu.
Volcanologists were wondering why a lake atop a rumbling volcano on the South Pacific island of Ambae has changed colour from blue to bright red.
Mount Manaro, one of four volcanos currently active in the island nation of Vanuatu, has been showing signs of erupting for only the second time in 122 years.
Vanuatu, formerly called the New Hebrides Islands, is a chain of 13 main islands 2,300 km east of north-east Australia.
"We are still ... trying to understand this change of colour in the lake from blue to red," Geology and Mines Department director Esline Garae said by telephone from the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila.
She said two scientists on Ambae Island were monitoring Lake Vui and seismic activity on the 1,500 metre Mount Manaro.
