Mount Merapi eruption

[El_Goretto]

Seems like we get a new eruption every week.

This time it's Mount Merapi near Yogyakarta that erupted this morning.

Source: tribunews

 

[William King]

yikes.

 

[Puspawarna]

Beautiful pics. Not so good for anyone living nearby, though. This certainly bears watching.

 

[Davita]

Beautiful pics. Not so good for anyone living nearby, though. This certainly bears watching.

Video here......

 

[William King]

thanks. my son loves volcano videos.

 

[El_Goretto]

Here's another one:


It's on reddit so you may need a VPN to access it.

 

[dafluff]

Here is a really good one, taken from the mountain itself by some amateur hikers. I hope they are ok.

 

[R Cameron]

Here is a really good one, taken from the mountain itself by some amateur hikers. I hope they are ok.

Wow! That must have been terrifying. Berlindung!

 

[William King]

They didn't seem much concerned... but they should be.

 

[waarmstrong]

Hope Merapi quiets down by mid-June when we are in Yogya for a few days.

 

[vocalneal]

They didn't seem much concerned... but they should be.

I thought that but I think they are on the far slope of another hill separated from the eruption by a valley.

 

[William King]

I thought that but I think they are on the far slope of another hill separated from the eruption by a valley.

Within range of an eruption...

 

[dafluff]

Within range of an eruption...

I think they realize that they're close enough that not much they can do about it...