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Showing posts with label phenomena. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phenomena. Show all posts

March 3, 2014

Eruption volcano Plosky Tolbachik on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Eruption volcano Plosky Tolbachik on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Eruption Volcano by RIA Novosti/Alexander Sokorenko

The Plosky Tolbachik volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula burst into activity on November 27  last year after laying dormant for 36 years.
The peninsula has a high density of volcanoes and associated volcanic phenomena, with 19 active volcanoes being included in the six UNESCO World Heritage List sites in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka group, most of them on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The highest volcano is Klyuchevskaya Sopka (15,584 ft), the largest active volcano in the Northern Hemisphere.

January 16, 2014

Derweze, Door to Hell

Derweze, Turkmenistan
Derweze, Turkmenistan


Derweze, also known as the door to hell, is a 70 meter wide hole in the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. The hole was formed in 1971 when a team of soviet geologists had their drilling rig collapse when they hit a cavern filled with natural gas. In an attempt to avoid poisonous discharge, they decided to burn it off, thinking that the gas would be depleted in only a few days. Derweze is still burning today.