Bernd Andeweg
berndandeweg.bsky.social
Bernd Andeweg
@berndandeweg.bsky.social
Earth sciences - geology - tectonics - earthquakes - fieldwork - teaching - outreach - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - aardbeving - vulkanen - Aardwetenschappen
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*This* is what the people of Pompeii, and Herculaneum, and many other hapless souls saw—this is what a pyroclastic density current looks coming RIGHT at you.

Filmed from a CCTV camera during the Mount Semeru eruption on Java, Indonesia on 4 December 2022.

Video credit: PT United Tractors Tbk
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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It looks like northern Japan coastal ports have seen tsunami waves arriving already, but so far just 30-70 cm high. Later-arriving peaks could be higher, but that is good news that the ultimate size will be moderate. I hope so! Damage reports sketchy so far, but also some reason for optimism.
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#EarthquakeReport for M 7.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan

Megathrust subduction zone earthquake
@USGS_Quakes models suggest earthquake triggered landslides and induced liquefaction

Tectonic setting in '16 report earthjay.com?p=4540

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯

USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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This is U N B E L I E V A B L E. #Kilauea
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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USGS V1 cam feed [live] www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
24 graden in Spanje dit weekend. Niks vreemds, toch?
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"Het is een democratische absurditeit die we ondertussen bijna normaal zijn gaan vinden: een demissionaire regering die nauwelijks een zesde van de Tweede Kamer vertegenwoordigt, maar die wel doorgaat met beslissingen die diep ingrijpen in de toekomst van ons land. [..]"

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | Hoe een mini-kabinet het hoger onderwijs sloopt
Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.
www.nrc.nl
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Beautiful perpendicular views of #Nummulites #fossils on the floor, never seen them this nice before #geology #UrbanGeology ⚒️
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@jellereumer.bsky.social, ik was met Jan Verhofstad in Hoorn. Zijn dit nou rugosa delen, of die rostroconch? #UrbanGeology
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Korte samenvatting van de politiek deze maand:

1) Iemand die onterecht zijn excuses aanbod omdat hij de pers niet in diskrediet wilde brengen, is opgestapt

2) Iemand die weigerde haar excuus aan te bieden nadat ze onterecht de pers in diskrediet had gebracht, is gebleven
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.

Orca
Puffin
Pink dolphin
Anaconda
Fiordland crested penguin
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.

Wolverine
Pika
Moose
Tarantula
Sea otter
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild

Prairie rattlesnake
Moose
River otter
Ermine
Beaver
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Vulkanen maken bij het uitbarsten geluid, zelfs als wij het niet kunnen horen. Zo was de uitbarsting van de Nyiragongo-vulkaan in de Democratische Republiek Congo op 22 mei 2021 in detail te volgen door onhoorbare geluidsgolven te analyseren.
De bromtoon van een leeglopende vulkaan
Vulkanen maken bij het uitbarsten geluid, zelfs als wij het niet kunnen horen. Zo was de uitbarsting van de Nyiragongo-vulkaan in de Democratische Republiek Congo op 22 mei 2021 in detail te volgen do
www.knmi.nl
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Aquí tenéis otra perspectiva de los efectos de la erupción del Hayli Gubbi del pasado día 23. Se puede ver la enorme extensión cubierta por la caída de las cenizas alrededor del volcán gracias a las imágenes del satélite Landsat 8 de la NASA/USGS.
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Pre- and post-eruption visible imagery of #HayliGubbi from #Sentinel-2, showing tephra deposits and 2 new craters. The latter could be eruption vents and/or formed by post-eruptive subsidence. Looks like the pre-existing crater was enlarged by the eruption. @esa.int
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The weeks prior to the eruption, there is something filling the lake on and off... what the hell is that? liquid or gas?
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Report of possible explosive eruption at Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia. This volcano lies south of Erta Ale, and above the location of a dike intrusion that was detected in late July 2025. No historical eruptions are known from this #volcano. @uk-comet.bsky.social
Volcanic Ash Advisory (#VAAC) for #Hayli_Gubbi #volcano (Ethiopia)
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (#VAAC) #Toulouse warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 10000 ft (3000 m) altitude or flight level 100 and is moving at 15 kts in NW direction.
Hayli Gubbi Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTION AT 20251123/0830Z EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY ONGOING to 10000 ft (3000 m)
www.volcanodiscovery.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Eruption of Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia.

Images taken today by Meteosat weather satellite.

Volcanic ash & SO2.
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Here is a hastily constructed animated gif from different NASA satellites showing the progression of the Hayli Gubbi eruption. Note the tall ash plume spreading NE (right) and a lower, light tan ash flow(?) moving NNW. #eruption #volcano
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I love xkcd
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.

Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.

youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts and covers villages with falling ash
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Some stunning footage of ongoing pyroclastic flow activity at Semeru #volcano (Java, Indonesia). Screen capture shows a lightning strike at ~16:07 UTC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txgr...
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM