Mount Kelut Leisurely Erupts

For over 3 weeks now Indonesian volcano, Mount Kelut, has been on high alert from scientists fearing it could explode at any moment putting thousands of lives at risk.

But that doesn't seem to be the current situation.

First, on Saturday volcanologists received a warning from the active mountain of potential fury but it turned out to be an 'effusive' eruption; an emotional expression. Then, yesterday the same volcanologists noticed that a gradual lava eruption has formed a massive island that has risen from its crater lake.

The energy released has been steady and not strong enough to tear through its own previous eruption scars.. As I like to call it.

Although Mount Kelut seems to be at ease, this mountain does have a merciless history. Terra Daily reports of Mount Kelut's previous record: Mount Kelut's eruptions have claimed more than 15,000 lives, including an estimated 10,000 in a catastrophic 1586 eruption. A 1919 eruption spewed heat clouds that killed 5,160 people. Volcanologist Saut Simatupang told AFP, "The lava could stop growing and form a large dome on the mountain's peak, or it could spill over the edge and rush down Mount Kelut's slopes." Only time, and Mount Kelut, will tell us. Source.