Barren Islands volcano, India's solely lively volcano, is reportedly spewing lava and ash after a niche of 150 years. It erupted for about 4 hours in January, scientists from the Nationwide Institute of Oceanography (NIO) claimed.
The volcano is located in Barren Islands within the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago. Some unsubstantiated reviews even declare that it's South Asia's solely lively volcano.Â
Its first recorded eruption dates again to 1787. Since then, the volcano has erupted greater than ten occasions, together with the one this yr.Â
“On the afternoon of Jan. 23, 2017, the scientific staff on board CSIR-NIO’s analysis ship R V Sindhu Sankalp have been busy accumulating sea flooring samples within the Andaman Basin close to the Barren volcano when it abruptly began spewing ash. The staff moved about one mile from the volcano and commenced intently observing it. It was erupting in small episodes lasting about 5 to 10 minutes," in accordance with a statement issued by the Goa-based NIO.
It additional added, "Through the daytime solely ash clouds have been noticed. Nevertheless after sunset, the group noticed purple lava fountains spewing from the crater into the environment and scorching lava flows streaming down the slopes of the volcano."
The samples collected by the NIO staff will assist in deciphering the character of the current and previous volcanic exercise within the area. The staff, nevertheless, didn't land on the island as a result of it was thought-about too harmful.
Scientists from CSIR-NIO have been surveying the Andaman Basin they usually have recognized many small submerged volcanoes in a linear chain referred to as a volcanic arc.
The volcanic island is uninhabited and the northern a part of the island is, because the identify suggests, barren and devoid of vegetation. Personal residents of India can go to the island by chartered boats after acquiring permission of the Forest Division in Port Blair — the capital of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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