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In November 2024, at least nine people were killed and many injured after Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki spewed thick brownish ash ...
Mount Lewotobi’s past eruptions have resulted in fatalities, such as in November 2024, when at least nine people were killed ...
Photographs supposedly documenting vibrant, blue-hued molten rock erupting from a volcano in Ethiopia were shared to X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 20, 2023, (archived here).As of this writing, the ...
Why is the Ijen lava blue? At first glance, the Ijen volcano looks like your bog-standard 600–900°C (1,112–1,652°F) stream of red-hot bubbling molten rock, ...
Unlike the molten rock that erupts from most volcanoes in a fiery red-orange hue, Kawah Ijen’s lava is not really blue. The phenomenon, known locally as Api Biru (Blue Fire), is caused by the ...
A powerful eruption by Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano has led to widespread flight cancellations to Bali, as ...
A DEADLY volcano that spits bright blue lava contains the world’s largest acid lake – capable of melting human skin. Kawah Ijen, is a gargantuan volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia… ...
A massive eruption from Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia grounded multiple Bali-bound flights, including Air India's, as thick ash ...