Early morning view of the volcanic cones of Mocho (left) and Choshuenco (right) in the Chilean Lake District. View from the outskirts of the Reserva Huilo Huilo. Mocho is thought to be the source of many of the post-glacial and younger eruptions from this volcano, including the two known historical eruptions in 1864 and 1937.
Archives / 2013 / November
Volcanoes Under the Ice
A fascinating story has emerged this week from a paper in Nature Geoscience by Amanda Lough and co-workers (Lough et al., 2013), on the discovery of a new volcano deep beneath the ice of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). The discovery is partly a story of scientists looking in a place where no-one had looked before; …[Read More]
Friday Field Photo – Volcanic Crater Lake, near Sollipulli, Chile
A tranquil crater lake, on top of a small cinder cone on the flanks of Sollipulli volcano, Chile. Location: 38.927 S, 71.516 W.