I'm technically still in grading jail, with one class done and one class to go, but I thought I'd at least throw together of quick links to things I've seen while incarcerated that might be of interest:
I'm sure many of you have seen it, but the Atlantic's In Focus blog had an excellent collection of volcanic images from the year. Great fodder to think about your nomination for the 2011 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year (voting ends 12/28).
It sounds like activity continues to wind down at El Hierro in the Canary Islands. The latest report has the carbon dioxide emissions continuing to decrease, down to ~770 tons per day. However, the eruption is not "over" as low level seismicity continues, but right now, all things are fairly quiet on the south of the island.
I ran across a couple of odd articles about eruptions that aren't ...