Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) |
![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3075.jpg) Photo sequence of an ash mushroom cloud rising above a big pyroclastic flow. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3077.jpg) Below Pea Ghaut, a river bed now buried by pyroclastic flow deposits. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3079.jpg) The ash mushroom freely expands in the calm upper troposphere. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3081.jpg) Billowing ash reaching an altitude of about five kilometres. |
![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3116.jpg) A hidden pyroclastic flow illuminates the ash erupted from the dome (right). | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3296.jpg) Huge pyroclastic flow in Aymer's Ghaut: note its incandescent front on the right. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3298.jpg) The red front runs towards the sea, while ash rises kilometers high into the sky. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3299.jpg) The red front reaches Plymouth, below a moonlit billowing ash column. |
![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3110.jpg) View over the dome, with the ash cloud illuminated by a hidden flow at right. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3323.jpg) Ash fallout over Plymouth, as seen from the sea West of the island. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3338.jpg) Plymouth disappears in the huge ash fallout from a pyroclastic flow. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3343.jpg) Another flow runs towards the delta in the sea of Aymer's Ghaut. |
![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3353.jpg) This flow has just stopped before reaching Kinsale village... | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3359.jpg) ...and is suddenly followed by another directed towards our boat. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3363.jpg) Luckily this one also stops just before reaching the white delta of Aymer's Ghaut. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3365.jpg) Nevertheless our pilot is ready to start the engine, just in case... |
![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3414.jpg) Zoom on the front of a pyroclastic flow descending in Aymer's Ghaut. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3418.jpg) Spectacular billowing ash over Kinsale and Plymouth villages. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3422.jpg) Ash fall over Plymouth; the cloud size requires an extreme wide angle lens. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3435.jpg) Flows approach Aymer's Ghaut delta every few tens of minutes. |
![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3437.jpg) As the flow stops, the hot ash rises violently into the sky... | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3438.jpg) ...to mix with the ash erupted by the dome and to fall over Plymouth. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3440.jpg) Plymouth on the northern (left) side of Aymer's Ghaut delta, Kinsale in the south. | ![Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010) Pyroclastic flows in Aymer's Ghaut (29 Jan - 1 Feb 2010)](icons/montserrat2010-aymersghaut-mf3457.jpg) Another pyroclastic flow in Aymer's Ghaut; abandoned houses of Plymouth in the foreground. |
Photos by Marco Fulle taken with 10-20mm zoom and 50mm and 135mm lenses (reflex digicam with 16x24mm sensor). |