Most Recent Eruption Photos From Soufriere Hills, Montserrat

[hatrack]

n 1997, Soufriere Hills erupted with a vengeance on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Massive plumes of searing ash rumbled into the sky and down the volcano's flanks. Several small towns around the island were devastated, an airport destroyed, and 19 people were killed.

The combination of volcanic activity, hurricanes, and torrential rains turned part of the capital city of Plymouth into a latter-day Pompeii, buried under ash flows. The Hills have stayed angry ever since, with a series of smaller eruptions over the last decade.

In January, things picked up again, and scientists and photographers flocked to the island as glowing rockfalls and ash streamed down from the restless mountain. The images above and below were shot late last month by volcano photographer Richard Roscoe, as Soufriere built towards what turned out to be a dramatic crescendo.



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http://news.discovery.com/earth/soufriere-hills-big-pics.html

[av8rdave]

1. I've seen huge ash clouds from there over the years of flying in the area

Fortunately, in that latitude, it tends to stay pretty low.

[hatrack]

3. Your're not living too close, I trust?

I know that the eruptions last decade pretty much wrecked the island for years.

[av8rdave]

4. Not at all...I just fly over it on the way to/from some of the southern islands

[WhiteTara]

2. oh my. n/t

[bbinacan]

5. We need to tax that volcano

for all the "global warming" its ash will cause.:evilgrin:

[Thothmes]

6. Ash is not the problem. It is the large volumes of

carbon and sulfur dioxide gases that are released by the volcano.

[bbinacan]

7. That is implied

in the ash comment. carbon and sulfur dioxide gases that are released by the volcano.

[Nihil]

8. Agreed on one condition ...

... I get to nominate the tax collector!

:evilgrin: