Volcano explodes in New Guinae

[Markbnj]

Not sure when this occurred, but great shot of the shockwave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5UecbuYw8

 

[Kyle]

Wow..amazing video

 

[manimal]

Wow looked huge!

 

[Humpy]

Awesome!

I like when stuff explodes. (no terrorist)

 

[glenn1]

Wow looked huge!

About 10 seconds from explosion visual until sound / shock wave hit the boat means about 3km distance, which is a lot closer than I'd want to be to an exploding volcano.

 

[twinrider1]

I agree, wow. Amazing to see the shock wave rushing down the hill, turning it brown.

 

[MongGrel]

I saw one in Hawaii was going off today, used to live Oahu for years.

Looks the planet starting to get a bit mad lately

http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/a-look-at-hawaii-volcano-spewing-lava-toward-homes/nhGzN/

In between that and Mt St Helens and Yellowstone getting upset, and various things the planet might just tell everyone to screw off and blow up on it's own soon.

:biggrin:

 

[Markbnj]

I sort of expected the shock wave to be visible on the water as it approached the boat. You can usually see a wind shift approaching clear as a bell, but I guess that most of the energy was not down at the surface level.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that would be awesome to witness that in person.

 

[ImpulsE69]

The way you could see it split the clouds...crazy

 

[MrCassdin]

Not sure when this occurred, but great shot of the shockwave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5UecbuYw8

Very impressive. I can see how thousands of years ago people without the understanding of science we have today invented religion to explain events like this one.

 

[dighn]

that was one of the coolest videos i've ever seen. amazing to see water condensing as the shockwave passes.

 

[halik]

that was one of the coolest videos i've ever seen. amazing to see water condensing as the shockwave passes.

This, reminds me of all the atomic tests videos.

 

[Markbnj]

Check out the size of some of the boulders that were flung into the air, and the splashes they made coming down. Given the 3 km distance you could probably figure out the actual size if you weren't as lazy as me. I'll just go with very freaking large. Like the size of an office building large.

 

[videogames101]

Yeah isn't this that volcano that will cause a mega tsunami for the east coast of the US when half of the mountain slides into the ocean?

 

[Pocatello]

Yeah isn't this that volcano that will cause a mega tsunami for the east coast of the US when half of the mountain slides into the ocean?

I think the volcanoes in the Azores, some are just massive and active.

 

[OverVolt]

I didn't know volcanoes could break the sound barrier.

 

[moonbogg]

Damn amazing. The size of those boulders hitting the water...they must have been massive.

 

[sandorski]

Wow.

 

[lupi]

michael bay visiting on vacation?

 

[Markbnj]

Damn amazing. The size of those boulders hitting the water...they must have been massive.

It looked to me like some of the larger chunks landed up to a kilometer away from the cone. The forces at work can really only be understood through mathematics or observation of effects. I can't put them in any sort of context.

 

[Ichinisan]

Guinea.

Won't someone please think of the guinea pigs?

 

[Kaido]

Guinea.

Won't someone please think of the guinea pigs?

I recently learned that Peruvians eat guinea pigs at their version of Thanksgiving. Source: my Peruvian friend who was visiting another friend who had pet guinea pigs and said "hey, dinner!" :biggrin:

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Wow.

 

[BUTCH1]

I sort of expected the shock wave to be visible on the water as it approached the boat. You can usually see a wind shift approaching clear as a bell, but I guess that most of the energy was not down at the surface level.

Yea, the shape of the mountain's ridge appeared to deflect the majority of the shock-wave upwards. One has to wonder what the experience would be if you were in an airplane above that area when that exploded, I guess by the time it got to 33Kft it would have dissipated a lot but possibly still strong enough to give the airframe a solid, loud thump and a lot of stained underwear LOL. Thanks for posting, bumped up to HD and full-screen it's amazing..

EDIT:..I found this site that has a NASA satellite view of before/after the explosion, also another video taken from a sailboat also near the area, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/09/03/nasa-satellite-captures-incredible-extent-of-tavurvur-volcano-ashfall/