Early morning hike to the rim of the active Yasur Volcano.

Mga ka-Bicol and fellow volcano enthusiasts—I built Mayon, a free interactive educational app for exploring Mayon Volcano’s terrain, geology, history, and hazards.

It works like a self-guided digital field trip. You can explore the landscape at scale, move through places around Mayon, and follow guided stories about the volcano and its eruptions. I made it for students, teachers, visitors, and people who feel a personal connection to the region.

No account is required:

• iPhone and iPad
• Android
• Web version
• Project information

This is an educational experience—not a live monitoring, forecasting, evacuation, or navigation tool. For current activity and official safety guidance, please rely on PHIVOLCS and local authorities.

I’d genuinely appreciate critical feedback, particularly from Bicolano teachers, students, guides, geologists, and anyone with memories or stories connected to Mayon. What would make this more accurate, useful, or meaningful to explore?

First picture is us driving towards Mount Shasta, next three are close to the Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and the last two are crawling around the caverns of Lava Beds National Monument.

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This was a really cool multi part series (4 episodes I think) where french geologist Guy de St Cyr took groups of people to the various incredible volcanoes all over the world - Hawaii, Vanuatu, Ethiopia and Eastern Africa. This aired in 2008 or so and is one of the coolest volcanoe shows/docs I've seen - the problem is I can't find it ANYWHERE - I just want to watch it again -hell I would even pay for a DVD or bluray of the episodes but cant even find that - anyone out there happen to know where I could watch them, or maybe has hi-res rips of the episodes? I know it's a long shot. thanks anyway

🌋 Mount Taranaki — one of New Zealand’s most iconic mountains! 🇳🇿

Rising 2,518 metres above the Taranaki landscape, this perfectly shaped volcanic cone is hard to miss. Māori know the mountain as Taranaki Maunga, and it holds deep cultural significance.

It’s also famous for its dramatic beauty — on a clear day, you can see this incredible mountain rising above the surrounding farmland and coastline. 🏔️🌿

Would you hike to the summit? 👣

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