Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Volcano spews lava, red-hot rocks
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Fact or Photoshop?Posted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Alfie
(Sapa-dpa) from Indonesia.
Jakarta - Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano spewed smoke and flaming rocks hundreds of metres from its crater on Wednesday although it was not in danger of erupting, an official said.
Anton - a government vulcanologist at a monitoring post near the volcano, which lies in the Sunda Strait between the Java and Sumatra islands - said its volcanic activity continued to fluctuate.
Anton, who like many Indonesians uses one name, said that since Tuesday evening, a river of lava and red-hot rocks had been sliding down the slopes as far as 400 metres from Anak Krakatoa's crater.
Despite scientists' estimations that the volcano was not especially dangerous at present, Anton warned fishermen and visitors to stay beyond a three-kilometre radius from the mountain...
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Fact or Photoshop?Posted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Alfie
(Sapa-dpa) from Indonesia.
Jakarta - Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano spewed smoke and flaming rocks hundreds of metres from its crater on Wednesday although it was not in danger of erupting, an official said.
Anton - a government vulcanologist at a monitoring post near the volcano, which lies in the Sunda Strait between the Java and Sumatra islands - said its volcanic activity continued to fluctuate.
Anton, who like many Indonesians uses one name, said that since Tuesday evening, a river of lava and red-hot rocks had been sliding down the slopes as far as 400 metres from Anak Krakatoa's crater.
Despite scientists' estimations that the volcano was not especially dangerous at present, Anton warned fishermen and visitors to stay beyond a three-kilometre radius from the mountain...
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