Hayli Gubbi Volcano Just Erupted in Ethiopia!

First time in almost 12,000 year! A major volcanic eruption at the corner of Africa! Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman are already experiencing it's effects right now.



But ash cloud from this volcano is now going to reach southern Pakistan in about 6 hours. It's evening here. So I'm excited to see what our morning is going to be like!



Since I've already prepared for radioactive fallout - This is nothing in comparison. Therefore I feel lucky to experience and record this once in a lifetime event!



GardenStew members (thanks to me) are now going to have front row seats!!!

Although I'm still over 2 thousand miles away, so doubtful if I'll experience any direct benefits of volcanic ash in my garden. But I hope to see some interesting colors in the sky around sunrise and sunset.

 

That was a very interesting video !!

 

That's all very interesting!

I live within view of Mt. St. Helens. I doubt it will erupt again in my lifetime.

 

Sunrise turned out to be normal. No ash cloud anywhere in sight - Whole thing feels like a letdown...

 

Blimey I'd been watching that on Youtube, didn't think about it going in your direction.

If the dust comes down don't breathe in I collected some dust from the Icelandic eruption a few years back, it's very sharp

 

Nothing happened. Weather department had only issued an alert. But the wind made it go into India. So it completely bypassed southern Pakistan.

I was always fascinated by volcanoes. You know how it is, when kids of the 80s like myself would see National Geographic Society Special on TV - And get obsessed.

I remember my father telling me that sometimes diamonds float in the volcanic magma, (as it shoots out from beneath the Earth's crust). And the volcanic ash is amazing for the top soil, (after many years as the area recovers). Which is why Hawaii is so beautiful when it comes to plants and trees.

I wanted to see volcanoes for myself. But there aren't any in my country. All we have are several dozens of mud volcanoes at the Western coastline...



Yes volcanic ash is very sharp. It ruined turbofan engines of airliners in Europe during the Icelandic eruption.