[Eorzea]

I thought this image was stunning and simply wanted to share:



"Mt Shinmoe erupts, as seen from Takaharu Town Office, in Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima, as one of Mount Kirishima’s many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call on for an evacuation of all residents within 2 km radius of the volcano. Picture taken by long exposure. See story here."

[Eorzea]

More eruptions from Mt. Shinmoe:



It's kind of scary, really. This could be the prelude to a much bigger eruption...

http://www.cnn.com/2...cano/index.html

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Mount Shinmoe showed similar volcanic activity from 1716 to 1717, Ohki said. It was active for three months and then fell quiet for seven months.

Then suddenly, the volcano erupted in a large explosion, spewing 100 million cubic meters of magma, a much larger explosion than anything seen last week from the mountain.

It's impossible to know if Mount Shinmoe will follow the same pattern this time, Ohki said.

The volcano may cease activity soon, continue small explosions which will release all the magma energy, or this could be the prelude to a very large volcanic eruption, she said.

[Bishop]

Eorzea, on Feb 2, 2011 - 6:46 AM, said:

More eruptions from Mt. Shinmoe:



It's kind of scary, really. This could be the prelude to a much bigger eruption...

http://www.cnn.com/2...cano/index.html

Wow I'm sorry I missed this topic, that is scary and at the same time just awesome..
Never knew a volcano could cause lightning like that..

[Val]

The picture posted in the first post looks quite impressive.. It looks angry xD

I really hope it becomes inactive again soon. keep us posted please, Eorzea!