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News and updates
20th May 2013: Krakatau volcano: Activity update (11th May), and photos of the September 2012 lava-flow (14 photos).
Visual observation at Krakatau during my visit in May showed a steady plume of gas emitted, and the southern part of the crater had a faint red-glow, only visible during night, but hardly observable with the eyes and mostly only recognized on long exposure photos.
Because of the low seismic levels at Krakatau at the moment, I allowed myself and the group I was visiting the volcano with, to have a closer look at some of the material ejected during the recent eruptions of Anak Krakatau.
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17th April 2013: Krakatau volcano: Activity update (13 photos.)
According to my field camera, that has been taken photos and videos continuously from the 31st March to 12th April, every hour of the day and night, no eruptions occurred during this period. Interviews of the forest-rangers living at Anak-Krakatau confirmed this. In this period the volcano seem to have only emitted a more or less steady plume of gas, mostly blown to the N/NE.
During my visit on the 12-14th April, the trend was the same and no eruptions took place. A pulsating glow of red material was seen in the nights, occurring in the S/SE part of the crater
Photos: 13 available in format/size: RAW/JPG - 5182 x 3456 pixels in this post. Total of 500+ photos not presented on the website.
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1st April 2013: Krakatau volcano: New eruptions on the 28th and 29 March (18 photos & 2 videos)
Anak-Krakatau erupted on the 28th and 29th March 2013. The first two eruptions on the 28th were captured by my field camera, and the next eruption on the 29th was captured personally after my arrival to Krakatau.
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1st April 2013: Krakatau volcano: New eruptions on 29 March
Anak Krakatau erupted at 12:36 local time on the 29 March 2013. The eruption lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Photo-report in the post above, plus an additional video.
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26th March 2013: Krakatau volcano: Evidence of an eruption in March, visited 22-24th March. (23 photos, 1 video)
Anak-Krakatau erupted on the 11-12nd of March 2013, the first confirmed eruption after the September 2012 eruption, according to the Indonesian Volcanological Survey (PVMBG) in Pasauran, West Java. During my visit to Anak Krakatau on the 22-24th I found evidence of the March eruption, however no eruptions during my 3 day stay at Krakatau.
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07th March 2013:Papandayan volcano (10 photos)
Visited Papandayan volcano in West-Java on the 16th February. The volcano has been relatively calm lately, and was at normal alert level (Indonesian color "green level") when I visited. The emission sources and intensity of steam emissions did not seem to have changed much since my last visit, in March 2012. The steam plume emitted at the Kawah Baru (new crater) might be the exception, as I think the emission might have just slightly increased since last year. Our local guide also added that he had noticed a few new fumaroles that had become active in the recent months, and some that have died out, - a normal change to an active volcano.
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14th January 2013:Raung Volcano - small eruptions (26 December 2012)
Raung volcano in East-Java, Indonesia started to show signs of activity during the last quarter of 2012, however only minor activity have been observed from the volcano up until January 2013, as seen in the photo report.
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14th January 2013: Ijen Volcano (26 December 2012)
Footage from a brief visit to the Ijen Volcano in Indonesia. The blue flame captured in the photos is burning molten sulfur ignited by miners, who deliberately put fire on it to be able to collect it.
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29th October 2012: Gas explosion and degassing at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia. (26-27th Oct. 2012)
Climbed Mt. Merapi volcano in central-java, on the 27th October. Unfortunately we could not climb to the peak to get a view of the crater. As we were preparing to climb the peak at 0300, we witnessed a small gas-explotion from the volcano, that started with a brief but distinct cracking-sound and disbursed small quantities of fine-white ash. The volcano has shown elevated activity in Ocober 2012.
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7th October 2012: Photos of the aftermath of the September 2012 eruptions at Krakatau, taken 6-7th October:
Anak Krakatau did not produce any eruptions on this visit, one month after my last visit during the big eruption. According to local knowledge, Anak hasn’t erupted since the eruption in September. During this visit it only emitted a weak and irregular plume of steam. During nighttime we observed some small spots of glowing lava, near and on the lava flow on the western flank on the volcano, which during daytime still is steaming.
The most interesting aspect of this visit was to study the new..Read more and see the photos
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1st October 2012: More 50+ photos from the Anak-Krakatau volcano eruption, 3rd Sep. 2012
Today I published most of the photos I took on the 3rd of September 2012, as the biggest eruption in years continued..
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17th September 2012: New video: Anak-Krakatau volcano eruption, 3th Sep. 2012 (22min)
Footage of the Anak-Krakatau eruption on 3rd September 2012, filmed between 11:28-15:18 local time. This is all my video recorded from this day.
The footage show the end of the intense eruption, that started on the 2nd September and decreased on the evening of the 4th September. The eruptions produced a lava flow to the east and west, both which produced steam clouds near the sea, as the lava came in contact with water, as can be seen in the footage. If you listen carefully, you can hear the intensity of the sound of the eruption. Note also the large volumes of rock being thrown out of the crater during some periods in the footage, and the intensity of the eruptions.
Note. Sorry for the bad quality of the footage, I had to increase the contrast and color, as I filmed against the sun (from Rakata) and the voices in the background.
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