The Loop

Volcano wreaking havoc on a golf course

November 30, 2010

Mount Merapi in Indonesia began erupting in late October, resulting in a pyroclastic flow (hot gas and rocks) that has overrun a substantial part of a golf course there, evident in this remarkable satellite photograph from DigitalGlobe.

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(Photo by DigitalGlobe)

-- John Strege