Bromo Activities Attract Hundreds of Tourists

Residents search for grass with the background of Mount Bromo that spewed thick smoke that contains volcanic ash and sand in the Village Ngadisari, Sukapura, Probolinggo, on Saturday (11/27/2010). The high activity of Bromo not disturb the activities of residents in the vicinity. PASURUAN, KOMPAS.com - Hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists witnessed the activities of Mount Bromo (2329 masl) from the Top Penanjakan, Wonokitri, Tosari, Pasuruan, East Java, on Sunday (28/11/2010). Activity of Mount Bromo which bersatus Awas (level IV) and later increased, attracting tourists to watch him from close range. Tourists choose Peak Penanjakan in Wonokitri, Tosari, Pasuruan, because its location is safe. Meanwhile, if via Probolinggo which must pass through the sea of ​​sand, the way it is closed completely, with security considerations.  
Penanjakan Peak is the highest location to witness the panorama of Mount Bromo, and if not blocked by fog Mount Semeru in the distance (back) is also clearly visible. Yunianto, one of the staff of the Center for Environmental Health Engineering and Peberantasan Transmitted Diseases (BBTKL-PPM), Ministry of Health who is conducting air monitoring at several points around Mount Bromo, said air quality in the Peak Penanjakan quite safe for tourists. "Based on laboratory results, the air quality in the Peak Penanjakan still below the threshold limit noimal," said Yunianto revealed. Pasangana foreign tourists, namely Heinz and Ivone of the Netherlands claimed, very interested in the beautiful panorama of Mount Bromo. Although it has been learned that Mount Bromo lately increased their activities, they claimed not to be afraid. Even by Mount Bromo which are on the rise, it becomes a very interesting spectacle to be witnessed and immortalized. Sukarji, a community leader said Sedaeng Village, tourists need not fear to Bromo, via Pasuruan, because it is still safe from the impact of increased activity of Mount Bromo. Sukarji lamented the emergence of the preaching and the hustle and bustle of excessive officials, thus making the tourists are afraid to visit to Mount Bromo. He hopes the government to concentrate on improving infrastructure in Mount Bromo tourism industry, such as improving the road between the stool-sea sand (caldera) as far as 4 kilometers. Roads have been damaged about four years it is always passed by tourists coming from the direction of Probolinggo and Pasuruan. Source: Regional Kompas

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Al-Qaeda releases posthumous bin Laden tape

Bin Laden praises Arab uprisings and calls on followers to help in bringing down more "tyrants" in the Muslim world. Last Modified: 19 May 2011 02:45

Al-Qaeda said bin Laden had recorded the message a week before his death [AFP]????? Al-Qaeda have released a posthumous audio recording by Osama bin Laden in which the group's late leader praised revolutions sweeping the Arab world. In the audio posted on Islamist websites on Thursday, bin Laden called on his followers to help efforts to bring down more "tyrants" in the Muslim world. Bin Laden, who was killed in a US raid on May 2 in Pakistan, called on al-Qaeda supporters to "set up an operations room that follows up events and works in parallel ... to save the people that are struggling to bring down their tyrants". Al-Qaeda said bin Laden had recorded the message a week before his death. The audio was included in an Internet video lasting more than 12 minutes. In the audio, a voice which appears to be bin Laden's referred to the wave of revolutions which began in the Maghreb region of North Africa. 'Winds of change' "The sun of the revolution has risen from the Maghreb. The light of the revolution came from Tunisia. It has given the nation tranquility and made the faces of the people happy." Tunisia's president was overthrown in January, followed by Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak after mass protests centred on Cairo's Tahrir Square. "Tunisia was the first but swiftly the knights of Egypt have taken a spark from the free people of Tunisia to Tahrir Square," said bin Laden, adding: "It has made the rulers worried." He predicted that the winds of change would blow over the entire Muslim world. "I think that the winds of change will blow over the entire Muslim world, with permission from Allah. "A delay may cause the opportunity to be lost, and carrying it out before the right time will increase the number of casualties," bin Laden says in the audio message.

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Wired Science News for Your Neurons

8 Hot Volcanic Eruptions

An underwater volcano exploded near Tonga in the South Pacific to stunning effect this week. The pictures of gas and steam erupting out of the surface of the water captivated the world.

Here at Wired Science, we love volcanoes — so we decided to use the Tongan eruption to round up some of our favorite volcano eruption pics and present them as big. Above, you can see Mt. Cleveland in Alaska erupting on May 23, 2006 as photographed by NASA’s Earth Observatory .

Next up is the glorious explosion, below, of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines back in 1991. Credit: USGS

Mt. St. Helens, located about 50 miles north of Portland, Oregon in southern Washington state, experienced the most catastrophic eruption of recent memory. In 1980, the mountain literally blew its top. In one day, Mt. St. Helens lost more than 1,000 feet of elevation. Photo: USGS.

Here we see an aerial photograph of the August 3, 2008 eruption plume from Okmok Volcano.
Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory/UAF-GI.

This underwater volcano, Brimstone Pit, was caught erupting by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Submarine Ring of Fire program. You can see the same volcano erupting in the video below. "If we were observing this type of eruptive activity on land we would have to run for our lives!" the researchers note. "At Brimstone Pit the pressure of [1837 feet] of water over the site reduces the power of the explosive bursts."

The Tavurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea experienced a major eruption in 1994. Though it forced the evacuation of most of the area, it wasn’t nearly as bad as a 1937 eruption, which killed over 500 people. Credit: USGS

The Kamchatka province is a highly geologically active area in far Eastern Russia, near Sarah Palin’s house. On March 29, 2007, the peninsula’s Shiveluch Volcano erupted, sending an ash cloud more than 30,000 feet into the air. NASA’s Earth Observatory caught the action.

Mt. Stromboli, located on an Italian island, is famous for its fountain-like eruptions, as captured by Wolfgang Beyer. It’s one of the few volcanoes that exists in a state of permanent (and thankfully) moderate eruption. It’s been bubbling for more than 2,000 years.

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