Ebeko News

 

The explosive eruption at the volcano continues.

The volcano produces near-frequent small to moderate ash emissions and occasional larger, vigorous vulcanian-type explosions. On 29 August, the local KVERT institute informed about a quite intense eruption from the active crater. A billowing grey abundant ash column rose about 1,6 km above the vent and drifted southeast. Heavy fall of dark masses included lapilli-to-bomb-sized fragmented material as well.
The event was accompanied by volcanic lightning. So-called dirty thunderstorms form when ash that is to be erupted begins as electrostatically neutral rock fragments. Heat and motion of fragmented material within volcano edifice is among the first source of particle charging, then another fundamental phenomenon to being charged is friction. In order to create volcanic lightning, neutrally charged ash particles must come in contact with another object of differently charged qualities.
A thermal anomaly was identified in satellite images.
The Aviation Color Code remains at Orange.