...The brown ash plume (click title to entry - thank you) reaches high above the clouds, covering much of the scene, and casts a shadow towards the southeast. Along the leading edge of the plume, it appears that heavier material is falling out of the ash cloud, while finer particles remain suspended in the atmosphere....
What makes this odd, is that the ash plume is making its second traverse around the Earth while disrupting air traffic in Australia and New Zealand. There simply aren't any winds and weather competing with it to dissipate the fine particles at such high elevations or 45,000 feet.
...Qantas and Jetstar flights from Sydney to New Zealand (click here) are being cancelled again following the return of a volcanic ash cloud created by the erupting Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile.
The volcanic ash cloud which disrupted flights last week has returned to Australian skies today and is expected over New Zealand from tomorrow....
...The CALIPSO satellite (click here) recorded the plume 15 kilometers (50,000 feet) above the Earth on the second day of the eruption, and the volcano continues to push ash into the atmosphere. At these high altitudes, the ash entered the jetstream and blew quickly eastward....
The upside is that it is providing some interesting skyscapes and some shade for the planet. Odd though. Don't know what caused that in the first place, except, a very high velocity eruption.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 04:21 UTC
Evacuees from Chile’s Puyehue volcano allowed back to their homes (click here)
Evacuations ordered after an eruption in Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex begun to be lifted on Sunday for various areas in southern Chile’s Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions, over 600 miles south of Santiago.
...On Monday afternoon local media reported an increase in ash falling on Chilean sectors following a change in wind patterns. Previously most of the ash has been concentrated across the border, including in the popular Argentine tourist city Bariloche.
There was seismic activity as well. I guess so. That was one powerful blast. This quake today was preceded by a 2.7 in Central California and followed by 5.5 northeast of Australia.
The day of the eruption there was a 4.8....On Monday afternoon local media reported an increase in ash falling on Chilean sectors following a change in wind patterns. Previously most of the ash has been concentrated across the border, including in the popular Argentine tourist city Bariloche.
There was seismic activity as well. I guess so. That was one powerful blast. This quake today was preceded by a 2.7 in Central California and followed by 5.5 northeast of Australia.
Magnitude 6.5 - ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE (click here)
2011 June 20 16:36:01 UTC
M4.8 – Neuquen, Argentina (click here)
Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 16:28:49 UTC
Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 13:28:49 Local
Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 13:28:49 Local
40.52°S 71.79°W
Depth: 19km
Ready for this? On June 4, 2010 there was also seismic activity in Central California and off Australia. That is a little more than a coincidence. Southern California 3.6 and Northern California 2.8. The Ring of Fire is still moving.
