Still Waters Posted September 28, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 28, 2014 More than 30 hikers are believed to have died near the peak of an erupting volcano in Japan. Police said they were found unconscious and in cardiac arrest near the summit of the 3,067 metre (10,121ft) Mount Ontake, which erupted on Saturday, spewing large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and blanketing the surrounding area in ash. https://uk.news.yaho...56.html#2Xa4Aiw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted September 28, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 28, 2014 How sad, it reminds me of Pompeii, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back to earth Posted September 29, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I dont think you are supposed to go close to those things . It gets tricky even when you are supposed to know what you are doing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14184722 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted September 29, 2014 #4 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Does it often spew gases into the atmosphere like that? Because if it doesn't, I think there's going to be a bigger bang soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted September 29, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Does it often spew gases into the atmosphere like that? Because if it doesn't, I think there's going to be a bigger bang soon. I believe it last erupted in 2007 - that's a little too regular imo, but it could just as easily fizzle as go the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted September 30, 2014 Author #6 Share Posted September 30, 2014 They're worried it might erupt again. Renewed seismic activity, bad weather and dangerous levels of toxic gases near the peak of Mount Ontake combined on Tuesday to halt efforts to recover the dead from the Japanese volcano, three days after it erupted without warning. http://www.telegraph...ue-mission.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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