Eruption of the Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador

This is what it looks like from the ground April 29th

The Tungurahua Volcano spews ashes during an eruption as seen from Cotalo, Ecuador, Friday, April 29, 2011. The volcano, 136 kilometers, some 85 miles, southeast of Quito, has been active since 1999. Image: Dolores Ochoa
This satellite view of the sulfur dioxide plume is quite vivid:

Eruption of  theTungurahua Volcano in Ecuador
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The Tungurahua volcano in the South American country of Ecuador began erupting on April 21, 2011, spewing gases and volcanic ash in a plume that extends 125 km west of the summit. This imagery shows the evolution of the volcanic plume since April 21, as detected by the NASA Aura satellite’s OMI sensor. The Ozone Mapping Instrument is able to detect the sulfur dioxide gases associated with volcanic eruptions. The areas with the highest concentration of sulfur dioxide are colored bright yellow. This data is processed and analyzed by the Washington Volcanic Area Advisory Center, operated by NOAA.

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KnR
May 2, 2011 3:00 pm

Anyone check with the Team yet has to how this was caused by AGW ?

May 3, 2011 10:51 am

@amicus curiae says:
May 2, 2011 at 6:18 am
“La Niña” is still a healthy and charming girl:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/soi2.shtml
As the big “depression” epoch tornado repeated, so it will surely repeat the “dust bowl”( as in “Grapes of Wrath”). Then GWRS will say “It´s…..!”, but it won´t be that but cycles repeating.

Triffin
May 3, 2011 6:58 pm

My go to blog for vocanic eruptions ..
http://bigthink.com/blogs/eruptions/
Triff ..

Bowen
May 4, 2011 10:14 am

Very nice Triff . . . . would it be to far fetched to say . . . many caves have been formed this way . . . . ??
And since you are a student I would ask . . . besides So2 can we tell if stuff like Clorine gets released?