And the huge jump in the cosmic ray/neutron monitor? Thanks to Gem for this gem:
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Update 23/11 – 07:50 – La Restinga Webcam saga (continued) – is everybody sleeping ?
We are sorry to use such sarcastic words in this update title, but we are highly irritated by the amateurism of professional telecommunications operators and local authorities. Local authorities are simply NOT aware of the island promotion capabilities of these webcams. A letter Earthquake-Report.com wrote to the president of the Cabildo, Mr. Alpidio Armas is still unanswered. The Cabildo, Telefonica and the El Pinar authority did us (and scientists from all over the world) a favor in installing them, but fail to operate them properly reducing the value to 25% of the capabilities.
Thousands of people are following El Hierro on a daily basis via Earthquake-Report.com. The difference in between the pictures from Ian Carson and the Guardia Civil Helicopter overflights at one hand and what the webcams are showing on the other hand is striking. We know of course that it is impossible to obtain the same results with a webcam, but it can be at least 4 times better than what we see now. Here are a few of our irritations and frustrations.
- The El Pinar Authority / ACN Press webcam shows the sea but nothing else.Nothing is done (not even on a daily basis) to direct the webcamera to the stain or activity areas. Sending somebody to the camera (at least on a daily basis) and positioning it with a cellphone in communication with somebody looking on a screen is enough to make the output a lot better.
- The Telefonica / Cabildo webcams are a story of initial good intentions stuck in … who knows ???
- The promised El Golfo webcams have NOT been installed yet.
- The La Restinga view webcam is unsharp since yesterday afternoon, which means that NOBODY looked at it since then !
- The eruption webcam, the most important one to give us a clue on what is going on, is operated on a "when we have time" basis. This morning the view was again completely out of the activity angle. It takes mostly several hours before somebody looks at a screen to see that the webcam has to be redirected. As Ian Carson made a picture from the mast and the webcam, we know that this webcam is operated from a distance, so it can be redirected to to exact angle almost continuously.
- The webcams are definitely NOT HD and the material used is inferior to what the quality of such a high yield webcam should be.We think that Telefonica / Movistar is to blame for the unsatisfied operations. Telefonica is a WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT and should behave like this, not like an amateur. In case of the poor island of El Hierro, we could eventually pardon the local authorities, but this does not goes up for Telefonica / Movistar.
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| Joke Volta, Volunteer Correspondent/Artist and 25 year resident of El Hierro, is Interviewed by Radio Station |
Update - Red AlertEl Hierro Volcano (Canary Islands) : Red alert – Images of a beautiful colored stain in the Las Calmas seaLast update: November 23, 2011 at 10:14 pm by By Read also : Scientific paper reveals massive historic Tenerife volcano flank collapse Read also: Economic impact on El Hierro and the Canary Islands if an aerial eruption would occur This is the most recent El Hierro Volcano eruption reportYou may follow also Facebook Volcano Page – Google+ Volcanoes - Twitter : @VolcanoReport With the collaboration of Joke Volta, an El Hierro resident. Read also: Part 1 (28/7 – early 09) – Part 2 (25/09 – 10/10) - Part 3 (11/10 – 13/10 - Part 4 (14/10 – 17-10) - Part 5 (18/10 – 21/10) - Part 6 (22/10 – 26/10 ) – Part 7 (27/10 – 31/10 ) – Part 8 (01/11 – 03/11 ) – Part 9(04/11 – 06/11 ) – Part 10 (07/11 – 08/11) – Part 11 (09/11- 11/11) – Part 12 (12/11 – 15/11) NEW "Volcano Only" twitter account : @VolcanoReport - Combined 3 in 1 WEBCAM page – El HierroPicasa Web Album Update 23/11 – 22:00 UTC Ian Carson returned tonight from an exciting action day at the Las Calmas sea. He could take a lot ofcolorful pictures. Click on the thumbnails below to watch them in full size. Ian also reported the following : An interesting day. Started at 0830 with my morning run but it was damp and 12 degrees in El Pinar so went10 km to La Restinga where it was 19 degrees and Sunny - I could run in the warm and watch the sea.Nothing visible at normal vantage points on way down but after run (on way back to Hotel for shower/breakfast) it was clear there was activity. Checked phone and seems harmonic burst at 0930. From9.30 onwards Jacuzzi seemed to invigorate and turned the whole sea blue/green with the stain. At one point, as far as the eye could see when I was joined by Joke. The stain came right into the coast and there was a thought that two vents were in action as these were seemingly two independent stains, however, it seems the stain was moving both right and left and swirling around the bay. I stayed there in La Restinga up and down the vantage points all day until 1700 ! At around 16.30 there seemed to be a lot of dark brown material at the vent of yesterday, I can't say for certain there was ejected material but you can judge. I walked up the Naos volcano cone (160 m) and took more pictures, the beauty still amazes me. At times there was a feeling today that something was going to happen, sitting on rock it felt like ground trembling but the wind was gale force making it a bit difficult to confirm. This must be playing havoc with the webcam !
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