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fromianVisits
3 days ago

Blue Moon this Sunday won't be blue - but sometimes they really are

A calendar blue moon is a naming event, while a true blue moon can occur when volcanic ash scatters light toward blue wavelengths.
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fromMail Online
1 week ago

Size isn't everything: Small volcanoes can spread ash 1000s of miles

Relatively small volcano eruptions can spread ash thousands of miles, disrupting global air travel and air quality more than previously expected.
fromTombh
1 month ago

The Longest Line Of Sight

The place on Earth from which you can, in theory, see further than any other is between an unnamed Himalayan ridge near the Indian-Chinese border and Pik Dankova in Kyrgyzstan. It is just over 530km.
Roam Research
fromMail Online
10 months ago

Scientists warn hundreds of dormant volcanoes could soon erupt

"Glaciers tend to suppress the volume of eruptions from the volcanoes beneath them. But as glaciers retreat due to climate change, our findings suggest these volcanoes go on to erupt more frequently and more explosively."
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