• Question: Have you been next to an errupting volcano before?

    Asked by mobayetchovy to David on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by higglebiggle, janetandlucy, dobes.
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      David Pyle answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Yes – I have worked on several volcanoes that have been erupting lava. On Mt Etna (Sicily, Italy), I have collected hot lava samples from a moving flow, and have collected freshly falling ash. On Montserrat (Caribbean), I was there for six weeks collecting freshly erupted ash samples. Two years, I worked at Chaiten, Chile, which was still squeezing out lava into a dome. Usually, I choose to work on volcanoes which are not actually erupting, as it is safer and you usually get closer to the vent to collect samples.

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