La espectacular explosión del @Volcan_Colima el lunes pasado 16 de nov 2015 pic.twitter.com/0PbImxZP1A
— Webcams de México (@webcamsdemexico) November 22, 2015
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continues to have a restless year and Webcams de México
captured a nice explosion from the volcano (see above). The volcano is slowly steaming away when it suddenly (note: video is sped up) explodes with glowing debris. Some of that debris is likely new magma being cleared from the throat, but a lot of it just old rock that has been heat up. In either case, the glowing material falls on the slopes and some larger blocks tumble quite a ways down the slope before stopping (and cooling). We also get a few flashes of volcanic lightning in the blast as the ash rises and disperses to the winds. That lightning makes me lean towards this being a vulcanian explosion
rather than strombolian
. The former is famous ...
