People mellow with age. (At least, most of us do.) The emotions of youth become less all-important and less demanding of our attention. Young people feel that every perceived slight needs addressing.

Deformation: Venusian volcanoes also tend to deform over time, summit areas often develop into a subsidence bowl, where lava flows that formed downslope are left pointing upslope. I think this happens ...

A top-secret development on Mount Rainier came out in the open this morning. There was widespread surprise and excitement when people in Tacoma and Seattle saw a rocket launched from the summit of the ...

Super-eruptions are rare. That is probably a good thing, even for Tallis. Too many things can go wrong for us in a supereruption. If you need a reminder, a super-eruption is often defined as a VEI-8, ...

The rivers feed the same large body of water at their terminus, though with different entry points. The original Aral Sea is (or was, around 1960) a brackish-water lake covering an area of 67,499 km 2 ...

It is a spectacular city. The harbour bridge and the opera house are instantly recognizable, but scratch only the surface. Once those have been seen, it is time to explore the real city with its dense ...

This page contains useful links and graphics for the current notable event. The following is for mbl.is cameras, with a Thorbjorn focus March 2024 cams, MBL RUV operates several camera: March 2024 … ...

Like other natural disasters, volcanic eruptions can have an impact on civilizations. Of course they can annihilate them, but they can also contribute to their economic development by providing a ...

The uplifted block is on-land near the coastal town of Pozzuoli. The well known sulphur field, Solfatara, is also associated with this block. Another locus of activity exists off-shore, at the centre ...

Kerguelen Island is very different from these two volcanic islands. It is much larger, at 150 km across. A description of the island can be found here.The picture at the top of this post shows a scene ...

Some nations seem decidedly unvolcanic. They lack the geology and the temperament for eruptions. Take Norway – a no-nonsense nation which prefers a bit of solitude and does not go for attention ...

Yogyakarta, on the island of Java, is an ancient city.In the 16th and 17th century, it was the seat of a kingdom which ruled much of Java. Long before that, the 8 th and 9 th century the Mataram ...