How Sarychev Peak Moved from Russia to Japan!

Better late than never mate, goes the Australian saying

As for the reporting accuracy, close but no shrimps!

Sarychev Volcano moved to Japan (!) See section underlined in red. A condensed screen dump of the news URL at Australia‘s Melbourne Herald Sun site http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25688161-24331,00.html

Even the Aussies should be entitled to accurate, prompt reporting!

Heaven knows we have criticized Earth Observatory often enough for holding on to images of public interest instead of releasing them instantly on Internet.  However it took the Australian broadcaster nearly two weeks and a major political shift, taking the Sarychev Peak out of the hands of Russians and handing it over to the Japanese, to report the eruption.

Related Links:

• VolcanoWatch Weekly [18 June 2009]
• Sarychev Peak Spews Two Plumes of Ash

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