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Movie About Dramatic Drilling and Rescue of 33 Chilean Miners

October 29, 2015 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Movie About Dramatic Drilling and Rescue of 33 Chilean Miners

This is pretty cool! It’s not every day that you have a major Hollywood motion picture that features drillers as the unlikely heroes! The movie ‘The 33" stars some big names like Antonio Banderas, Lou […]

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Italy to use UAV to Monitor Volcano

November 16, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards 1

Italy’s University of Bologna recently made the debut flights of a Raven unmanned air vehicle or UAV intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos. Read on for more details. (Photo of Raven UAV in use by Australian Military, by OzStryker)

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Anak Krakatoa in early January, 2019 - BBC
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New Landslide and Tsunami Fears at Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia

January 7, 2019 rockman Geologic Hazards, News Comments Off on New Landslide and Tsunami Fears at Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia

Fears of another landslide and possible tsunami are mounting for the Anak Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia.  Scientists with Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) have discovered new cracks that could be […]