Tag: mars

• Guest Post: The Rocks are Always Greener - Volcanoes and Land Accessibility

  11 months ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  This is the first of a few guests posts that will come up while I'm out in the field in the Sierras. Today's post is my a longtime friend of mine from Oregon State University, Dr. Mariek Schmidt. She has worked on volcanism in as varied locations as the central Oregon Cascades to Mars and now ... Read More

• New contender for largest volcano in the Solar System?

  over 1 year ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  For a few decades now, the title holder for largest volcano in the solar system has been Mars' Olympus Mons. The volcano is a large - and by that I mean it covers the same area as the state of Arizona - basaltic shield volcano with multiple collapse caldera features on the summit (see top left ... Read More

• What I've learned at GSA 2010: Part 2

  over 1 year ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  I've been trying to keep up with all the volcano news in the outside world while attending the conference ... and boy it is a bit of a challenge. Thank you all who have been keeping the news fresh in the comments to yesterday's posts. In the meantime, I have a couple more bits of interesting ... Read More

• Tuesday Tidbits: Eyjafjallajökull, Yasur, mud on Mars and more

  almost 2 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Finally, a chance to catch up a bit ... ! Yasur erupting in May of 2010. Some news from the world of volcanoes: The BBC has a series of videos one the fallout from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption - including a look at the area around the volcano and how the economy has been affected by the ... Read More

• Eruption on Mars?

  about 2 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image of a potential plume on Pavonis Mons. There are reports tonight that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographing the Martian surface noticed an odd plume near the summit of Pavonis Mons. The initial guess was that this plume might have been fog or an new ... Read More

• Wednesday Whatzits: Haiti, Tungurahua erupts, Martian lava flows and a pile of updates

  over 2 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Somehow I haven't posted a bunch of interesting items collected over the last few weeks, so I need to catch up. A pre-emptive hat tip to everyone who has sent me links or notes that might seem familiar in this post. Tungurahua in Ecuador erupting in 2000. First off, those of you looking for ... Read More

• Monday Musings

  almost 3 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Again, sorry about the paucity of posts. Getting prepared to move 3/4 of the way across a continent will do that. Look for the next Volcano Profile, this time for Erebus in Antarctica, to be posted sometime in the next week or so. We did get some news over the weekend of a large eruption at ... Read More