
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.
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