The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Bas Song Be. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Bas Song Be page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
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The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Haut Song Be. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Haut Song Be page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
There is something very primal about volcanoes. They are massive, dangerous, unpredictable, beautiful and very exotic (to this California girl at least). We saw many volcanoes throughout Central America, but the ones in Ecuador took the whole volcano thing to an entire new level. The volcanoes here are at high altitudes, the cones are covered in snow, they are spouting magma out of them while people live in houses just below. I will never forget the feeling of driving down roads seeing huge clouds of smoke burst out of active volcanos. I would look at Sam and say things like:
This is probably one of the best places to camp in Ecuador if you like wide open spaces, want to camp for free with stunning views of a snow covered volcano, are prepared to freeze your ass off and can handle the high altitude. Make sure you acclimate before coming here, the altitude was no joke, our camp spots were over 13,700 feet (4175 meters). This is the first time we have used our Webasto heater since Alaska (and yes it worked great at the high altitude!!!!). It was very cold here.
We camped for a few days at Cotopoxi in a few different camp spots. The first night we hid from the wind at a lower camp area, camping with Simone and Michael (who we ran into unexpectantly) in a crazy thick fog. Thank goodness with their good Swiss planning they bought a bunch of fire wood. It was a fun and cold night. The next day we went up to the lake with an epic view of the volcano. It is not an official camp spot, but nobody told us to leave. this is where we sat and watched the clouds reveal and them hide the stunning volcano.
Driving into Banos we got our first glimpse of volcano Tungurahua. It was rumbling and spitting out giant plumes of grey smoke and rocks. It was the most active volcano I have ever been near. It was both scary and exhilarating. We arrived to a campground we had read about to find that Toby, Chloe, Josh and Shannon were all there. None of us planned to meet up, but we were all happily surprised to hang out together for a few days. Near Banos, Sam and I spent a day visiting the waterfall Pailón del Diablo.
The group of us spent an evening in town at a really good micro brewery and decided the following night, if the rain stopped, we would bundle up and take a cab up the opposite mountain from Tungurahua to watch the active volcano blow. We got lucky, the following day the skies cleared and the volcano had a very active night. We drank box wine and hot chocolate and watched red lava spew from the top of the volcano. It was a night I will never forget.
We usually try to spend a few nights at around 9000 feet before going over 12,000, but driving in South America, this is not always easy. We got inside the National Park, driving past herds of wild vicunas, and staring in awe at the massive volcano in the harsh desert landscape. We were going to camp for the night, but at 14,600 feet, the campground was just too high without acclimatizing, and I was feeling a nice headache starting, so we had to leave. Chimborazo was covered in clouds, but the scale of it (almost impossible to capture in a picture) was truly impressive and it was a great way to finish our volcano adventure, with the biggest volcano in Ecuador.
Kīlauea famously erupted in 2018, leading to the collapse of its summit. Preceding this eruption, the volcano showcased other, less dramatic eruptions, but there is still much unknown about what happened within the volcanic system leading up to these events.
Although volcanologists have historically made successful eruption forecasts, such as the warning that went out during the 2018 Kīlauea eruption, there are big errors in current models. Changing signals heralding the buildup of gas or new magma coming in from the depths of the volcano could be considered to be like choruses in the song of the seismic signals coming from the volcano.
BRUMFIEL: Now, that's pretty cool. But what's even cooler is that the song actually reveals something important about the makeup of the molten rock deep inside the volcano. Karlstrom says the notes of the song depend on how many bubbles of gas are in the liquid rock.
KARLSTROM: There's quite a bit of effort right now in the volcanology community to develop techniques that might allow us to peer into the plumbing system while the event is occurring or before it happens so that we can forecast hazards, for example.
BRUMFIEL: Karlstom's work appears in the journal Science Advances. He says this trick may not work all the time. Not every volcano makes music. But Kilauea's song is worth a listen. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR News.
The comedy stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as a washed-up Icelandic duo, Fire Saga, who dream of winning the illustrious competition and unexpectedly become Iceland's entry for the song contest.
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Before you critique my parenting based on the subject matter of songs my kindergartner knows by heart, I should point out that he first heard this song, sung by AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo, in his P.E. class. And who am I to argue with the judgment of the public-school system?
Anyway, a lot of work went into this project that we decided to do randomly on a Wednesday afternoon for some reason, so it deserved to be seen. We used empty paper towel rolls to make tree trunks and attached tufts of green tissue paper to make the leafy part. I cut out a couple of zig-zag strips of haphazardly colored paper to make grass. We taped all that junk down onto a square of cardboard and then wrapped several pieces of brown and beige construction paper around a plastic spool to form the volcano. Did we affix that with about a roll of Scotch tape? You bet. Finally, we stuck an orange pill bottle into the center of the volcano to hold the lava.
Reunion is a song featured in Goodbye Volcano High, and is the fourth track in the game's soundtrack. It debuted with the Story Trailer in February 2023. The art used for the single cover is based on a shot from the trailer of Fang singing at Lava Java.
In-game, the song is played in Episode Two during a montage of Worm Drama practicing for their Battle of the Bands audition. The song plays again in Episode Eight, after Worm Drama performs Pretty Heroes, and the song continues over the end credits, followed by Constellations Unplugged.
Talkhouse Contributing Writer Mark Eitzel used to be certain that the aliens would listen in on his dreams where he wrote amazing pop songs. Then they would record them and release them illegally the next day. He used to listen bitterly to the radio for his stolen songs. He has many tragic flaws. You can follow him on Twitter here.
Theoretical considerations have shown that the ascending of a magma batch is likely dictated by the density contrast between magma and surrounding rock1, the excess pressure in the magma reservoir1, magma viscosity1, and the state of ambient stress2. More recent developments on magma transport and storage emphasize a trans-crustal magmatic plumbing system consisting of relatively long-lived crystal-rich mushes and shorter time-scale crystal-poor pools that were eventually tapped by eruptions3,4. On the other hand, after caldera-forming eruptions, the crystal-rich mush is largely consumed and post-caldera eruptions are of relatively small volumes but frequent, manifested by multiple cones and stratovolcanoes above a magma plumbing system consisting of multiple discrete chambers (or reservoirs)5,6. Nevertheless, the key process of distinct magma transport through these discrete chambers is not well known, even though it is intimately linked to magma ascent and discharge, controlling short-term eruption dynamics and long-term volcanic output.
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