Idle question of the day...

[seawasp]

... how many of you have actually witnessed (as in, with your own eyes, not on TV screens, etc.) a volcanic eruption? I have, I'm just wondering how large a percentage of the population has.

(Mine was the 1970 eruption of Hekla on Iceland; we overflew the lava field and then circled the erupting cone for some time in a private aircraft)

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[masgramondou.livejournal.com]

I've walked on a bunch of dormant / quiescent volcanoes in Japan including the burial place of Gojira - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mihara

I've also visited the Taal lake in the Philipines (home of the island inside a lake inside an island ... ) which is also allegedly active but wasn't doing anything when I saw it

[seawasp]

Well, Goji-sama is no longer there -- he got out in Biollante.