The last MVP was decidely (and unintentionally) way too easy ... but congratulations to gg for getting it on the first guess. To make up for that "gimme", here is a bit more of a puzzler.
MVP Standings
volcanista - 1
Elizabeth - 1
Ralph - 1
gijs - 1
Anne - 1
Cam - 1
gg - 1
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OK, first off an apology for this week: I will be kind of crazy busy while in Davis - two papers to churn through so we can get them submitted sometime this summer, so blogging may be minimal. So, remember, whenever you hear people talk about how professors have it easy because they get the summer…
Well, this MVP was a bit trickier than most, thanks to the fact that most scoria/cinder cones look pretty similar and some initial confusion about the photo in the first place. Anyway, lets review!
The photo:
It was identified by the sender as Missouri Bill Hill in Arizona. However, this doesn't…
Maybe I should be pleased that in the last Mystery Volcano Photo took a whole five guesses rather than one or two, so I count it as success! The correct guess was made by Dr. Boris Behncke, so that elevates him into a tie for first.
Current Standings:
The Bobs - 3
Don Crain - 3
Boris Behncke - 3…
Thank you to all the Eruptions readers who have submitted photos for the Mystery Volcano Photo column! I'll start using them, well, now, so keep them coming. Remember, you can't guess on your own photo!
Current Standings:
Don Crain - 2
gijs - 2
The Bobs - 2
Boris Behncke - 2
volcanista - 1
Lockwood…
Erebrus or Veniaminof? It has to be someone cold like Antartica or Alaska,maybe Russia.
I go with BIG V = Veniaminof
Ãræfajökull in Iceland. I reckon it's definitely an icelandic subglacial one.
That's possible as well. I don't know a lot about the volcanoes of Iceland.
It doesn't have flowers, so I'm out.
My guess is Eyjafjöll in Iceland. Not much to go on in that picture and it's hard to distinguish these snow covered volcanoes.
Definitely Icelandic subglacial. Grimsvotn?
Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland ;-)
How in the world do you even pronouce any of those names? lol.
I have to go with a subglacial volcano in Iceland. Since no one has taken Hekla, I'll lay claim to it.
"How in the world do you even pronounce any of those names?"
In my case, badly.
Hmmmm. Not much to go on here. Cold, flat from this point of view. Perhaps a shot taken inside the caldera at Okmok?
(Wild Guess!)
Krafla I think.
Wild guess, here, but I'll say it's one of the Hawaiian volcanos: Mauna Kea. It gets snow each year and the rocks look about right.
darn this one really is hard. these volcanoes are all over the place.
Wrangell
I concur with geobearSD - it looks like Mount Wrangell to me.
Well, since no one has claimed Ranier, I'll say it's a high elevation photo of it....
grief, this could be anywhere. What about the North crater of Tongariro?
My guess is Ebeko volcano in Kamchatka. Or meiby Gorely? The nature looks like Kamchatka to me. But it could be in Alaska or Iceland.
The winner here was back at #6, with Eyjafjöll (or Eyjafjallajökull), so congratulations to the Bobs. More on this volcano later today!
I think this looks a little like Mount Douglas in Alaska.
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