The volcano "Cumbre Vieja" has been simmering on La Palma for around 19 days and buries the island under lava.
There is no end in sight - on the contrary, the volcano seems to be becoming more aggressive.
La Palma - The scenes on La Palma are like an end-of-time film.
Glowing hot lava covers the island, a huge orange fountain shoots from the volcano and ash is in the air.
The volcano "Cumbre Vieja" on the Canary Island gives no rest.
Experts from the Vulcan Institute report even more aggressive activity.
Volcano on La Palma: "Cumbre Vieja" spits out rocks
Current video recordings show a rock that was hurled about a kilometer out of the volcano.
The Vulcan Institute speaks of an "explosive activity with falling pyroclasts and bombs".
La violenta actividad explosiva de ayer deja su huella en forma de bombas volcánicas como esta en una de nuestras zonas de trabajo / The strong explosive activity leaves its fingerprint as volcanic bombs like this in one of our work sites pic.twitter.com/ml0xXmqDv1
- INVOLCAN (@involcan) October 4, 2021
Canary Island La Palma: volcanic lava reaches the sea
The falling "bombs" are just another extreme stage of the long-lasting volcanic eruption.
Ten days after the eruption, the huge masses of lava reached the sea of La Palma.
The tough mass buried around 470 hectares of land on the way there, destroyed houses and buildings and forced many people to flee.
Since then, an ever-growing headland has formed in the sea through the lava rock.
According to
stern.de
, the volcano has already emitted 250,000 tons of sulfur dioxide * and 35 million cubic meters of magma.
And according to experts, there is no end in sight so far.
La Palma: volcanic eruption promises fertile soil in the future
Even if the inhabitants of La Palma certainly do not have their heads free for such thoughts: A volcanic eruption and the lava make soils very fertile.
That is also the reason why people keep settling on active volcanoes.
Fernando Tuya, an expert in biodiversity and environmental protection at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, told
dw.com
about the newly formed headland in the sea: “The lava will form a rock that will be the breeding ground for a number of marine animals that will inhabit it three to five years. ”Now, however, the further activities of“ Cumbre Vieja ”must first be awaited.
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