Crater glow seen at Kanlaon; Alert Level 2 stays

MANILA, Philippines — Crater glow, or “banaag,” was observed at the summit of Kanlaon Volcano on Sunday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Monday. In a Facebook post, Phivolcs said the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory reported seeing “with the naked eye for the first time incandescence at the Kanlaon Volcano summit caused by superheated volcanic gas” at around 7 p.m. READ: Kanlaon Volcano logs moderate explosive eruption anew  Mari Andylene Quintia, Phivolcs resident volcanologist, explained that the superheated plume consists of magmatic gas being emitted by the volcano. Such a phenomenon, when it becomes visible to the […]...

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