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Afar TV got a really good video of MErapi (Java) doing its thing last night:
I learned while reading up on this Decade Volcano that, all around the world, volcanoes that push up real sticky lava which accumulates at the summit in a crumbly dome that regularly sheds pyroclastic flows are said to be having Merapi-style eruptions.
Merapi does this most of the time, in the midst of millions of people. The summit area is a no-go zone but sand miners go up there anyway because volcanic ash is a very good source of silica for electronic chips and poverty is widespread here. They frequently lose their equipment and sometimes their lives, but many are willing to risk it.
(PS: These days I'm not active at Patreon, despite the note at that link.)
I learned while reading up on this Decade Volcano that, all around the world, volcanoes that push up real sticky lava which accumulates at the summit in a crumbly dome that regularly sheds pyroclastic flows are said to be having Merapi-style eruptions.
Merapi does this most of the time, in the midst of millions of people. The summit area is a no-go zone but sand miners go up there anyway because volcanic ash is a very good source of silica for electronic chips and poverty is widespread here. They frequently lose their equipment and sometimes their lives, but many are willing to risk it.
(PS: These days I'm not active at Patreon, despite the note at that link.)
