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On this day in 2006, the 'Lusi' Mud Volcano was born. This was the start of the worst mud volcano disaster in history. A truly unique tragedy.
Lusi is today's #MudVolcanoOfTheDay & the third thread in the #MuddyMay 'Mud Volcano Disasters' series.
Video courtesy of @Greenpeace
Lusi is today's #MudVolcanoOfTheDay & the third thread in the #MuddyMay 'Mud Volcano Disasters' series.
Video courtesy of @Greenpeace
The Lusi mud volcano was born before dawn on the 29th May 2006. Hot mud started gushing out of a new hole in the ground in a rice paddy in the town of Sidoarjo.
At rates of ~5000 cubic meters per day, the mud quickly started to flood nearby lands.
At rates of ~5000 cubic meters per day, the mud quickly started to flood nearby lands.
The Lusi mud volcano is located in Sidoarjo, which is just south of Surabaya, the second largest city on Java.
Location here:
goo.gl/maps/83vZQurU3…
This was the first time that a new major mud volcano had erupted in the middle of an essentially urban area.
Location here:
goo.gl/maps/83vZQurU3…
This was the first time that a new major mud volcano had erupted in the middle of an essentially urban area.
Today's #MudVolcanoOfTheDay is the Qarnyarq Mud Volcano in NE Iran. Short thread on an unusual looking mud volcano that looks kinda like a meteor crater!
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Qarnyarq mud volcano is located In Iran, near the border with Turkmenistan and near the Caspian Sea. You can find it here:
goo.gl/maps/Scihh1y15…
goo.gl/maps/Scihh1y15…
The Qarnyarq mud volcano is set inside a roughly circular crater of ~500m diameter, with a central raised mud cone (~330m across) surrounded by its own little lake.
What a fascinating feature - it's kind of like the mud volcano has made its own little fort with a wall and moat!
What a fascinating feature - it's kind of like the mud volcano has made its own little fort with a wall and moat!
