Eruption Update for August 21, 2012: Cleveland, Tungurahua and More

The plume from Tungurahua in Ecuador as seen on August 19, 2012. Webcam capture by Eruptions reader Kirby. It is that time of year again - the summer is ending and classes begin within a week. Now, I am on leave for the fall, but that doesn't mean the pace of things isn't picking up. I spent the end of last week blasting zircons with a laser up at Michigan State in order to get some ages on those crystals and in about 2 weeks from now, I'll be headed back to California for a week of field excursions across the Sierras. So, busy indeed. Things have also settled down a smidge volcanically as well. After the New Zealand trifecta, we've had some rumblings around the globe ... so I thought I'd just use today's post to catch up with some news I've seen (or posted links to on Twitter). ...