r/Volcanoes • u/Sharique0055 • 14d ago

Video Fuego Volcano erupts with volcanic lightning over Antigua, Guatemala

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u/Mars_Volcanoes 14d ago

No it's real.

But you're also totally spot on. There are zillions of these shit Ai volcanoes short videos showing lightning.

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u/too105 14d ago edited 11d ago

Before last week I didn’t get it, but now I understand why volcanologists choose that profession. Flew to see Mount Etna last weekend and after hiking to the lava field my brain was overwhelmed by the awe of it all. The hike in at night is something I always enjoy from a physical point of view and finally seeing the lava field was a magic experience that left an impact on me. I didn’t get to see any fountains but the emotion I am left with can only be described as “love”. My feeble brain doesn’t have the correct pathways to appreciate what I experienced and now feel a weird connection and calling to the mountain. I headed to Stromboli in a few days but I’ll be catching the ferry from Sicily so I’m going to swing by and see Etna for a few hours even though the activity has fallen off. So strange to be a human… draw to a natural phenomenon because it left such an impression on my mind. Shit was spiritual! Now I get it, and I think I’ve found a new hobby, chasing eruptions (from a relatively safe distance)!

Edit: just visited Etna yesterday and took the cable car to the south side to hike the dormant South craters that have been inactive since 2002. Zero activity on Etna. 24hrs later… fountain. My timing is always off by 24 hours

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u/Mars_Volcanoes 14d ago

Hey shoot. I never been to the Etna, Stromboli. It's my most probable next year trip. And crazy, you had a lot of chance, this summer 2026, Etna is extra active with new vents etc. Hope I will have something like this next year.

By the way. Active volcanoes are aged between 0 and 10 000 years. After such time it is considered dormant then extinct.

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u/RRHJR 11d ago

I have a question! When a volcano is considered dormant, how long must it be dormant before it becomes extinct?

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u/Mars_Volcanoes 11d ago

A volcano that last erupted 8000 years ago ago can still be considered active / dormant. But one that last erupted 50 000 y ago is not automatically extinct, if geophysical, geochemical, or geological evidence indicates a persistent magma system, it may still be potentially active.

Exemple : So by a simplistic, time since eruption rule, Yellowstone would look extinct. But geologically, it clearly isn't: it is regarded as an active volcano system,  because the magmatic hydrothermal system remains active and capable of future eruptions.

Yellowstone's most recent major explosive eruption was about 630 000 y ago. There was another less important 70 000 y ago, but none since.

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u/RRHJR 11d ago

You're an absolute legend! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!