earthstory reblogged
Dear everyone,
There are few active volcanoes in the world as accessible as the Mt. Yasur cinder cone in Tanna, Vanuatu. With only a local guide, you can walk right up to the caldera rim (if you dare) where eruptions occur every 2-3 minutes. I was able to collect some very fresh lava samples to complement the oceanfloor samples that we collected during the SO-229 cruise along the New Hebrides Arc-Backarc.
Wish you were here,
Melissa Anderson, Ph.D. student at the University of Ottawa, Canada