Observation by Paul Leyland: Cumbre Vieja eruption

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Paul Leyland

Observed

2021 Oct 17 - 18:57

Uploaded

2021 Oct 17 - 20:30

Objects

The Earth

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

Cumbre Vieja volcano

Title

Cumbre Vieja eruption

About this image

Four weeks later.

Image courtesy of Theresa who has been evacuated to our home.

We have had around 5cmof ash so far. She and her partner Tomáš have been doing sterling work keeping the place clean and tidy, for which we are very grateful.

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Comments

Nick James, 2021 Oct 17 - 20:34 UTC

That is definitely not one of the challenges I have observing from Chelmsford!

Dr Paul Leyland

Dr Paul Leyland, 2021 Oct 17 - 20:43 UTC

Nick: to be honest, I prefer rain to ash.

Manolo_Rodriguez, 2021 Oct 18 - 11:23 UTC

And it doesn't seem like it has any signs of stopping anytime soon. The truth is that it worries a lot. Impotence is inherent with these phenomena. All our moral support

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