Thanks again for the update, politics wise I can confirm that there is indeed ongoing proxy conflicts happening for almost 2 years now on the road to Metahara and also the nearby areas. I myself haven't been able to travel to visit relatives due to said conflict for fear of my own safety and security.
The vegetation inside the caldera appears to have died in recent sattelite imagery so whatever is going on down ther is emitting gases that are toxic. I think that a the gases being heavier than air and low wind speeds explain why the gases weren't noticed by people. If any lake does exist it appears to be completely hidden by gases
It's a shame that politics is interfering with essential study of such an unknown threat to a significant population. There would be many future benefits to science and people's. Thanks for this update. 👍👍👍🇬🇧
I appreciate the in-depth reviews you provide. Understandable in layman’s terms it is also a clear presentation of the currently occurring events. Please continue your excellent work.
This white feature is not permanently visible in satellite imagery. I just have checked the area in the Zoom Earth App. The feature is visible in high resolution AM runs, but not or hardly visible in PM runs. I'm not a geologist, so I dont know if any geological phenomenon shows a diurnal cycle. But I'm a meteorologist, and there are meteorological phenomena like fog that show a diurnal cycle. Additionally, one year ago, there had been no phenomenon similar to this. Of course, fog may appear because the environment did change. For example an increased amount of moisture supply from the subsurface, caused by the geological changes that happen and happened over there in the last weeks, may cause the development of a significant amount of fog this January in the morning and forenoon and may disappear at or after noon due to sunshine. I have no idea what is happening over there, I just share my thoughts. Thank you for the interesting video. 👋🏻👴🏼
These cycles of visibility/invisibility might be linked to the wind, too. I remember some hills where we had strong winds every afternoon (maybe thermals), while the mornings were usually very calm. So moderate fumes or water vapor emissions could just be wiped away by some air.
@@DR_1_1 : It is definitely a thing that some mountainous areas have stronger winds in the afternoon when sunshine has increased temperature gradients.
Kinda wishing the EU had launched something with the GOES-16 specs since that kinda satellite would be perfect for monitoring African volcanoes. It is very good at detecting heat signatures and volcanic emissions, I routinely zoom in on Mexico to see the Popocateptl emissions.
Not sure how plausible this is, but my concern is that mafic magmas from this dike intrusion might intrude much more felsic magma under Fentale. That could be bad, conceivably.
I was just saying in regards to the A23A iceberg that broke away, we really need drone/robotics to observe and take samples in situations like this to better understand these events .
And the lava lake at Erta Ale has filled so much that it was overflowing, which according to the locals filming it, was "unprecedented". I stopped believing in coincidence a long time ago 😊
@@TheRealMutttastic Ethiopia is the 2nd economy in sub-Saharan Africa, with many wealthy people, luxury neighborhoods, etc. On the other hand population is growing so fast, like 500% in 60 years, that the average income is quite limited.
@ I wasn't thinking of the Ethiopians. The USGS, the UN or any number of global humanitarian agencies could do it. We're not talking about billions of dollars. There are tens of thousands of lives at stake here.
@@DR_1_1 if you're saying their geologic service should have the money for something like that, I 100% agree with you! They should, it's absolutely possible! They'd just have to be given the budget for it. But they don't have that, because geologic hazards are considered an afterthought. An afterthought both in terms of how serious they are taken and funding. This isn't at all limited to Ethiopia, unfortunately.
@@Franklin-jj4jz most people, like the USGS won't touch it because it's an active conflict zone and... unfortunately just not considered important enough by Powerful People to make it happen anyways. This stuff is why we can't have nice things.
yes but difficult when nation is both extremely poor and suffering from on going civil war/unrest. It's tragic because it is a beautiful nation landscape wise, rich and diverse and if the people/government did better, it would be a wonderful nation to visit.
@@matthewbooth9265 But the world bank is funding 350$ million dollars for the national ID which is mandatory for bank and school. They also take your biometric Data which we will never use. For a poor country this is really weird.
The lion in this video is Mandevu a well-known male lion from the Timbavati region of South Africa. * Known for: He is a dominant male and known for his impressive size and strength. * Significance: Mandevu plays a crucial role in the social dynamics and the gene pool of the lion prides in the Timbavati. 🦁
I know it's kinda weird, and there's no way to find out, but when I hear about volcanic activity in that part of East Africa/Great Rift Valley, I wonder if the first time people saw an eruption, it was this volcano? Anyways, cool video, thanks for sharing
i am fairly sure that it is a huge cloud. a cloud formed by a steam venting episode that appears nearly continuous. there is in fact what appears to be even more spots of steam or gas venting all across the eastern half of the crater, including the large vent or two even in the middle section. it would be great to have ground based observations of these things, but unfortunately, That is dangerous, and live streams are probably not possible int he current "political and technological, climate" there.
Considering certain governments can tell if you've got a new spot on your face via a satellite image, a crystal clear image of a volcanic crater shouldn't be difficult.
Maybe the effects of lave with geothermal is affecting a bauxite layer getting a geothermal rise of aluminum oxide. Mother nature and her foundry at work. Whatever it is I wouldn't swim in it.
I wouldn't be shock if people take it upon themselves to increase their efforts in the regional conflict under the cover of the natural disaster. It would be a shame if the nearby town is affected by the lack of observation on the volcanic activity.
@@snarky_user That's every volcanic plume. Possibly except for the magma, water is the most common volcanic fluid. Saying a volcanic plume has water and calling it steam is as insightful and helpful as saying lava is hot. It's everything else in the gas plume that gives us useful information.
I highly suspect a carbon dioxide lake is forming in the crater, as many volcanoes are known for this type of activity. If this is true it could be more deadly than magma, as you won't see it coming and it will be traveling at a very high rate of speed!
I don't think you would get a large build-up of CO2 in this situation -- limnic eruptions occur in lakes with a relatively cold lower layer, IIRC. In this situation I think you would just have a continuous emission of gas.
Even the rebels need to be aware that they are at high risk and should evacuate. I'm not siding with anyone politically, but they are human, nonetheless. One way the clear the area too. Africa has already showed signs of cracking elsewhere. Could this be another possibility as it is a weakened area. Could it be another crack beginning to form. I know you don't have any answers yet, I'm just thinking out loud, so probably completely wrong.
I've mentioned before what will happen. The crossing of earthquakes, across the Southern edge of the Eurasian plate has now been established. This will be the trigger for an escalation of activities down the Eastern flank of Africa. Kindly keep an eye on Australia too, as the Southern hemisphere will experience increasing activity. This is NOT a situation that is going to fad away.
Why are you trying to be "clever"?! Do you think that you are being more "learned" because you used the word "whom"? You can't even use right! I find this deliberate use of "whom" utterly pretentious - that is why you are using it, is it not? If you are going to use "whom", which most people don't bother with anyway, then you should use it correctly. Saying "the Ethiopian government whom are actively performing analysis" doesn't show you to be educated - but ignorant! It is "the Ethiopian government WHO are actively performing analysis". Who! Who! Who! FFS! For those of us who do know how "whom" is used, "the man whom you told me about", or (very formal) "the man about whom you told me", it is by far less irritating to hear what most people now normally say by dropping it "the man who you told me about" - that to hear ignorant people who are being pretentious in order to make us think they know more than we dso, when they insert the word "whom" because they just think it sounds nicer. Just use your ordinary language, and stop being pretentious! 1 min 49 secs
Thanks again for the update, politics wise I can confirm that there is indeed ongoing proxy conflicts happening for almost 2 years now on the road to Metahara and also the nearby areas. I myself haven't been able to travel to visit relatives due to said conflict for fear of my own safety and security.
Stay safe.
I hope things settle both geologically and geopolitically soon for you and your family.
Please stay safe!
Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!
"There are known unknowns, and there are unknown unknowns...."
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The vegetation inside the caldera appears to have died in recent sattelite imagery so whatever is going on down ther is emitting gases that are toxic. I think that a the gases being heavier than air and low wind speeds explain why the gases weren't noticed by people. If any lake does exist it appears to be completely hidden by gases
Thanks for the update 😊🌋
It's a shame that politics is interfering with essential study of such an unknown threat to a significant population. There would be many future benefits to science and people's. Thanks for this update. 👍👍👍🇬🇧
A very difficult puzzle to solve with such a lack of information and data, but your theories are fascinating to hear. Thank you.
Something strange the neighborhood, it's something weird, and it don't look good.
Who ya gonna call?
@@vuchaser99ghostbusters!!
I appreciate the in-depth reviews you provide. Understandable in layman’s terms it is also a clear presentation of the currently occurring events. Please continue your excellent work.
Thanks for giving the political context, I was wondering about how that affects the situation.
I was so looking forward to see what is going on with Fentale. Oh well. Thanks for the Video.
Thanks so much for the video and info
This white feature is not permanently visible in satellite imagery. I just have checked the area in the Zoom Earth App. The feature is visible in high resolution AM runs, but not or hardly visible in PM runs.
I'm not a geologist, so I dont know if any geological phenomenon shows a diurnal cycle.
But I'm a meteorologist, and there are meteorological phenomena like fog that show a diurnal cycle.
Additionally, one year ago, there had been no phenomenon similar to this.
Of course, fog may appear because the environment did change. For example an increased amount of moisture supply from the subsurface, caused by the geological changes that happen and happened over there in the last weeks, may cause the development of a significant amount of fog this January in the morning and forenoon and may disappear at or after noon due to sunshine.
I have no idea what is happening over there, I just share my thoughts.
Thank you for the interesting video. 👋🏻👴🏼
These cycles of visibility/invisibility might be linked to the wind, too. I remember some hills where we had strong winds every afternoon (maybe thermals), while the mornings were usually very calm.
So moderate fumes or water vapor emissions could just be wiped away by some air.
@@DR_1_1 : It is definitely a thing that some mountainous areas have stronger winds in the afternoon when sunshine has increased temperature gradients.
Thank you for looking at this event.
It does seem like an easy problem to solve. But... (all the reasons he cited).
Kinda wishing the EU had launched something with the GOES-16 specs since that kinda satellite would be perfect for monitoring African volcanoes. It is very good at detecting heat signatures and volcanic emissions, I routinely zoom in on Mexico to see the Popocateptl emissions.
Thank you for the update.
thanks for the update....the good news is the seismic activity has reduced
Someone get this man some footage
Not sure how plausible this is, but my concern is that mafic magmas from this dike intrusion might intrude much more felsic magma under Fentale. That could be bad, conceivably.
makes you wonder about the other lakes
how many other volcanos filled with water after they started seismic activity ?
I was just saying in regards to the A23A iceberg that broke away, we really need drone/robotics to observe and take samples in situations like this to better understand these events .
I go with the heavy gas supposition. Another reason not to walk up there to take a look.
Ask the USAF for drone footage. They have a base in Djibouti about 450km away. Predator drones have been used for geophysical analyses in the past.
Earthquakes also picked up again today.
And the lava lake at Erta Ale has filled so much that it was overflowing, which according to the locals filming it, was "unprecedented". I stopped believing in coincidence a long time ago 😊
@@DemeriseJonesSo what do you think is happening to our planet?
Perhaps air dropping an instrument package into the anomaly is called for here.
Good idea, except for one problem: They simply don't have the money for that.
@@TheRealMutttastic Ethiopia is the 2nd economy in sub-Saharan Africa, with many wealthy people, luxury neighborhoods, etc.
On the other hand population is growing so fast, like 500% in 60 years, that the average income is quite limited.
@ I wasn't thinking of the Ethiopians. The USGS, the UN or any number of global humanitarian agencies could do it. We're not talking about billions of dollars. There are tens of thousands of lives at stake here.
@@DR_1_1 if you're saying their geologic service should have the money for something like that, I 100% agree with you! They should, it's absolutely possible! They'd just have to be given the budget for it.
But they don't have that, because geologic hazards are considered an afterthought. An afterthought both in terms of how serious they are taken and funding. This isn't at all limited to Ethiopia, unfortunately.
@@Franklin-jj4jz most people, like the USGS won't touch it because it's an active conflict zone and... unfortunately just not considered important enough by Powerful People to make it happen anyways.
This stuff is why we can't have nice things.
Ha!, well that explains the paucity of data. Thank you for enlightening us!
its like on a small scale and short timeframe, something weird is happening; but if you zoom out it's really just the rift doing rift things
I initally misread that as Fentanyl volcano - What is this place, San Francisco?!
They need to get equipment to moniter their volcanoes better ASAP.
yes but difficult when nation is both extremely poor and suffering from on going civil war/unrest. It's tragic because it is a beautiful nation landscape wise, rich and diverse and if the people/government did better, it would be a wonderful nation to visit.
@@matthewbooth9265 But the world bank is funding 350$ million dollars for the national ID which is mandatory for bank and school. They also take your biometric Data which we will never use. For a poor country this is really weird.
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@@matthewbooth9265 th-cam.com/video/mVJHlULfO00/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1o-yDatunYzHIge1
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It's probably imminent, whatever it is.
Something big?
Make a video talking about the Segula volcano in Alaska
And what is stopping the drone???
The lion in this video is Mandevu a well-known male lion from the Timbavati region of South Africa.
* Known for: He is a dominant male and known for his impressive size and strength.
* Significance: Mandevu plays a crucial role in the social dynamics and the gene pool of the lion prides in the Timbavati.
🦁
What’s the type of volcano is fentale
It's a stratosphere volcano
Strato. Sorry for auto correct
@@JudithBaumgardnerlike crater lake
Nobody there with drone to check it out?
I know it's kinda weird, and there's no way to find out, but when I hear about volcanic activity in that part of East Africa/Great Rift Valley, I wonder if the first time people saw an eruption, it was this volcano?
Anyways, cool video, thanks for sharing
i am fairly sure that it is a huge cloud. a cloud formed by a steam venting episode that appears nearly continuous. there is in fact what appears to be even more spots of steam or gas venting all across the eastern half of the crater, including the large vent or two even in the middle section. it would be great to have ground based observations of these things, but unfortunately, That is dangerous, and live streams are probably not possible int he current "political and technological, climate" there.
Looking at the current satellite image I don't see it on the PM version of the satellite pass
Considering certain governments can tell if you've got a new spot on your face via a satellite image, a crystal clear image of a volcanic crater shouldn't be difficult.
Need to get a U2 flyover and get some high quality images. They are probably some based over at Diego Garcia so it is not that far out of the way.
Lol, thats when you know to stop or move your rebel offensive when the volcano says "f*cking stop"
Could the white stuff be a carbonate eruption?
It is a strato volcano
The lack of access is purely political. A jet flying overhead could take high resolution images but will need the government's approval.
Your telling me you can go on google and see the street numbers on my mail box but you can’t zoom in on this volcano ? 😅
I root also for a highly acidic lake
Maybe the effects of lave with geothermal is affecting a bauxite layer getting a geothermal rise of aluminum oxide. Mother nature and her foundry at work. Whatever it is I wouldn't swim in it.
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I wouldn't be shock if people take it upon themselves to increase their efforts in the regional conflict under the cover of the natural disaster. It would be a shame if the nearby town is affected by the lack of observation on the volcanic activity.
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Volcán fentale su erupción es de tipo hawaiana y mientras el volcán dofen es de riolitico su erupción de tipo pliniano
Maybe we could get a few of the rebels to go have a volcano party and let us know what it looked like.
Something white on top of a mountain? Could be anything I guess.
Maybe ping pong balls?
volcano slogan: hurry up and wait.
Sounds like a precursor to a HollyWood disaster movie
Fast
Sharing on FB and BS
Don't use "whom" unless you really know how.
To whom speakest thou?
Huh, a gas plume containing water. What could that be?
All gas plumes created by volcanoes contain high amounts of water, all volcanic rock is composed of hydrides(molecules containing water)
@brqxton8974 the answer is steam
@@snarky_user That's every volcanic plume. Possibly except for the magma, water is the most common volcanic fluid.
Saying a volcanic plume has water and calling it steam is as insightful and helpful as saying lava is hot. It's everything else in the gas plume that gives us useful information.
I know that area is splitting... could the ocean water be seeping through?
I highly suspect a carbon dioxide lake is forming in the crater, as many volcanoes are known for this type of activity. If this is true it could be more deadly than magma, as you won't see it coming and it will be traveling at a very high rate of speed!
I don't think you would get a large build-up of CO2 in this situation -- limnic eruptions occur in lakes with a relatively cold lower layer, IIRC. In this situation I think you would just have a continuous emission of gas.
@@cacogenicistyeah this isn't the right setup at all for a limnic eruption.
Why waste time talking about the brush fire smoke unrelated to the volcano ?
Even the rebels need to be aware that they are at high risk and should evacuate. I'm not siding with anyone politically, but they are human, nonetheless. One way the clear the area too. Africa has already showed signs of cracking elsewhere. Could this be another possibility as it is a weakened area. Could it be another crack beginning to form. I know you don't have any answers yet, I'm just thinking out loud, so probably completely wrong.
th-cam.com/video/mVJHlULfO00/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2i98GFNO7MKjaMUH
I've mentioned before what will happen.
The crossing of earthquakes, across the Southern edge of the Eurasian plate has now been established.
This will be the trigger for an escalation of activities down the Eastern flank of Africa.
Kindly keep an eye on Australia too, as the Southern hemisphere will experience increasing activity.
This is NOT a situation that is going to fad away.
Why are you trying to be "clever"?! Do you think that you are being more "learned" because you used the word "whom"? You can't even use right! I find this deliberate use of "whom" utterly pretentious - that is why you are using it, is it not?
If you are going to use "whom", which most people don't bother with anyway, then you should use it correctly. Saying "the Ethiopian government whom are actively performing analysis" doesn't show you to be educated - but ignorant! It is "the Ethiopian government WHO are actively performing analysis". Who! Who! Who! FFS!
For those of us who do know how "whom" is used, "the man whom you told me about", or (very formal) "the man about whom you told me", it is by far less irritating to hear what most people now normally say by dropping it "the man who you told me about" - that to hear ignorant people who are being pretentious in order to make us think they know more than we dso, when they insert the word "whom" because they just think it sounds nicer.
Just use your ordinary language, and stop being pretentious! 1 min 49 secs