MONTSERRAT 23.1.2010-3.2.2010

Soufriere Hills

flying in via Antigua

arrival on Montserrat

Blackburne Airport remnants

Pyroclastic Flow (PF) by night seen from Jack Boy Hill

Soufriere Hills Dome seen from east side

glowing fresh PF deposits on east flank

old deposits

fresh PF deposits with big blocks

still hot PF deposits with burned vegetation and house remnants

PF carved gully

PF deposits in east direction to the sea

east flank of Soufriere Hills Dome, old part

PF carved gully

PF gully with Dome behind

PF running down Tar River valley

storm cloud covering upper part of Dome

PF running down Tar River valley

PF running down N-flank

rockfall covered Dome by night

slight ash venting episode

normal activity under a starry sky

PF running down NW flank

drifting PF cloud with glowing deposits

drifting PF cloud with glowing deposits

Soufriere Hills with southern cross constellation to the left

big PF running down White's Ghaut

wide angle view

Soufriere Hills seen from east

strong ash venting in early morning light

Gages Mt. in early morning light

ash venting with dome spires in early morning light

ash cloud above burned house remnants in early morning

strong ash venting

huge ash cloud above PF burned vegetation and houses

wide angle view from NE with PF carved terrain

top of Dome-compare with image to the right

this part undergoes strong changes in only 1 day difference

Dome seen from devastated house

Tar River valley PF

full Moon rising

silent steaming in a clear night

big ash cloud from W side PF

mushroom like cloud drifting to west side

watching the volcano while covering from strong wind inside devastated house

strong rockfall uplifts ash cloud

strong rockfall uplifts ash cloud

Image row showing a PF by night

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PF breaks from the Dome

glowing flow front runs down E-flank

strong ash cloud develops

PF deposits, hot dust glowing like lava

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wide angle view of advancing PF

PF inducted ash cloud rises up to 1000m

silent ash venting

small PF in morning dawn

silent steaming in morning dawn

devastated village in front of PF carved terrain

PF on NE flank

PF inducted ash cloud

another PF in daylight

PF running down N flank with Gages Mt. behind

Sunset under drifting ash cloud

Dome with ash cloud covering St. Georges Hill

St. Georges Hill under heavy ash cloud

ash venting while in active phase

evening dawn

late dawn-strong incandescence

usual rockfall, seen from NW

ash venting and small PF, seen from NW

rockfall and ash venting

steam and PF running down Aymer's Ghaut

clear sky view from NW

entering a rental boat in northern part of Montserrat - a different word far away from the volcano

Plymouth with approaching PF

Richard and Marco attracted by PF approaching Plymouth

Plymouth under heavy PF ash cloud

ash covers the whole sky, Fisheye view

White River PF deposits-Montserrats south side

Plyymouth under huge ash clouds

new PF running down Aymer's Ghaut

Aymer's Ghaut PF

silent phase with view to southern island

devastated Church

PF ash cloud over Plymouth

Sunset under a ash laden sky

Sunrise

Centre Hills with Kathy Hill at sunrise

Soufriere Hills in morning light

Soufriere Hills, airplane view

 

Video Clips

nighttime time lapse movie, normal activity

nighttime time lapse movie, normal activity

nighttime time lapse movie, PF going down east flank

nighttime time lapse movie, Dome seen from NW

nighttime time lapse movie, Dome seen from NW

nighttime time lapse movie, normal activity with clear skies

  

nighttime time lapse movie, rockfall developing into a small PF, east side view

bursting lava rock rolling down N-flank

lava rock rolling down E-flank

small PF in morning light

bigger PF

big PF hitting vegetation

PF in midday

late dawn real time PF movie

ash venting in early morning light, seen from NE

 

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