Author Archives: Kayla Iacovino
Rest In Peace, Kelby Hicks
It is with great sadness in my heart that I announce the passing of Kelby Hicks, 31, who was found dead on fieldwork at Colima volcano, Mexico earlier this week. He died of apparently natural causes, heart failure, and was … Continue reading
We’re in Costa Rica!
After our month-long field season monitoring Villarrica in Chile, The Volcanofiles have headed north to Costa Rica. Our itinerary takes us all across the country. UPDATED March 18th with a new schedule. LIVE webcam of Turrialba Volcano Where in the … Continue reading
The ‘Volcanocopter’: Quadcopters at Villarrica
This year, the Volcanofiles are bringing an instrument into the field that’s not on the typical list of field gear for volcanologists: a remote controlled helicopter. Well, a quadcopter to be exact. And we couldn’t be more excited. Aaron Curtis, … Continue reading
Chile/Costa Rica Expedition 2013 LIVE Tracking
These maps will be updated live throughout the duration of our trip! Watch this space and see below for location, photo, and info updates! LIVE Map of the Expedition SPOT Adventures Map w/Photos (not live) Click on the map … Continue reading
A Late Update: Winding Down at Erebus
Somehow, the end-of-the-season post from Nial on Erebus was shoved under a pile of papers on our desk. But now, and not too late we hope, it’s resurfaced. Here is a belated update (from a few weeks ago) detailing the … Continue reading
Flying Around Volcán Colima at COV7
At the Cities on Volcanoes 7 conference being held in Colima, Mexico, the volcanologists got a stunning view of Volcán Colima herself. Kelby is there now at the start of this field season collecting lots of good data (we hope!). … Continue reading
And, the fieldwork season begins…
2012 is coming to a close, and all of the Volcanofiles are itching to get back into the field. Nial has already headed south. We received word from him that he landed in McMurdo station, Antarctica today and is headed … Continue reading
Beautiful New Photos of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Eruption (February 2012)
A Volcanofiles reader sent us some astounding new photos of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption that began in June, 2011 and is still chugging away. It turns out that photographer Gil Weiss was visiting Puyehue park around the same time that … Continue reading
Satellite Image of Puyehue’s Ash Plume
This July 3 image from NOAA’s GOES-11 satellite shows the ashy plume from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano drifting northwest and over the Pacific Ocean. Over a year after the initial eruption, this newly born volcanic cone is still pumping out … Continue reading
Photos from Popocatépetl (2001-2002)
A friend of mine in Mexico, currently working on Popocatéptl volcano, just sent me these stunning photos of dome growth in the volcano’s crater. The images are not super recent, the first one’s from August, 2001 and the second from … Continue reading