Concepcion
eklemetti | December 11, 2009Busy times at the end of the semester right now ...
Concepcion seem from the ISS in 2007. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.
One brief bit of news:Concepcion in Nicaragua erupted, covering three nearby villages with ash. The brief report only mentions 150 meter / 400 foot explosion columns from the eruption, which makes me thing this is merely for the ballastic clasts. No other details - on the eruption or any evacuations - are available.
Concepcion is in the middle of Lake Nicaragua on the island of Ometepe (and the original Mystery Volcano Photo). The volcano last erupted in 2007…
eklemetti | September 9, 2009The first Mystery Volcano Photo (MVP, for short) seem to go well and indeed, the volcano in question was Concepcion in Nicaragua. Congratulations to volcanista for nailing it on the first try. I'll have to keep a tally of the winners for each MVP to name a, well, MVP MVP. So far, the scoresheet looks like that.
Volcanista - 1
All the rest of yous - 0
I think we know who has the upper hand.
Volcan Concepcion on Isla Omtepe in Nicaragua.
Anyway, Concepcion! The volcano is a stratovolcano on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua, which it shares with Madera, another active stratocone. It is…