Apparently, the Montserrat volcano is still very active. Last eruption
was just a fortnight ago:
http://www.mvo.ms/chronology.htm#2005
Now imagine the photos one could get there...:-)
Jostein
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From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: OT - pyroclastic flows (was Re: PESO - Herding Livestock)
I wrote:
Does anyone know if they've uncovered the villages on Montserrat
after
the eruptions in the nineties?
From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I remember seeing some aerial pictures in the last three months or
so that suggest not. Can't remember the URL.
Google is my friend. I'll see what I can find.
The question popped up in the family recently, when Simen suddenly
asked questions about how Pompeii could have been buried so quickly.
I fired up NASA's WorldWind program and showed him a LandSat 7 photo
of Montserrat, while explaining the concept of pyroclastic flows for
him. On NASAs photo, the flows from the volcano covers almost a
third of the island, but I don't know how old the image is. It must
have taken NASA some years to collect enough detail shots to display
the whole globe without obstructive clouds.
Jostein