Australian volcano Big Ben rumbling again as NASA images reveal lava lake has overflowed crater
May 2, 2013
VOLCANO ALERT: NASA’s EO-1 satellite snapped the shot
of Big Ben, which is located on the remote Heard Island, about 4,100km
southwest of Perth, in the sub-Antarctic, on April 20. When compared to
another image taken on April 7, it appears the lava flow is widening at
the top, NASA said. The volcano’s caldera appears to have filled with so
much lava that some has since cascaded down Mawson Peak. Heard Island’s
remoteness and Mawson Peak’s altitude of 2745 metres mean there’s
nothing to fear from the eruption, The Register reports. No permanent human presence exists on the island, beyond an automated weather station. More
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