BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO, KAMCHATKA ERUPTS FIRING A “DARK ASH PLUME” TO [AT LEAST] 32,800FT/10KM

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO, KAMCHATKA ERUPTS FIRING A “DARK ASH PLUME” TO [AT LEAST] 32,800FT/10KM

As reported last week, scientists are growing increasingly concerned with the unusual behavior of volcanoes in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Today comes the news that Bezymianny has just popped-off in “vigorous” fashion.

According to a spokesman for the Kamchatka branch of the geophysical service, the eruption of Bezymianny began at 08:22 local time (23:22 Moscow time, Wednesday).

“According to preliminary estimates, the volcano spewed ash to an altitude of ten kilometres (32,800 feet). An autonomous video surveillance camera at the Kirishev station recorded the beginning of the eruption. Since the volcano is currently partially covered by clouds, more exact information about the eruption will be available when we receive data from satellites,” the spokesman said Thursday — the final altitude could well have been higher.

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