India's Only Live Volcano Active Again after 150 years...​

Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia. The highest elevation on the island is 354 m (1,161 ft), with most of the primitive volcano underwater (standing on the seafloor 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) below sea level). The island is 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter, with a total surface area of 8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi). The waters surrounding Barren Island are reputed to be among the world's top scuba diving destinations.

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The first recorded eruption of the volcano dates back to 1787. The India's only live volcano which was dormant for over 150 years has once again started spewing ash (had started showing activity in the year 1991), the researchers at Goa based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) said on Friday. "The only live volcano in the Andaman and Nicobar islands is erupting once again. The Barren Island volcano, located 140-km north-east of Port Blair, dormant for more than 150 years started erupting in 1991 and has since then shown intermittent activity," CSIR-NIO said in a statement. A team of scientists led by Abhay Mudholkar, from CSIR-NIO in Goa reported that the volcano is active and spewing smoke and lava once again.

"On the afternoon of January 23, 2017, the scientific team on board CSIR-NIO's research ship R V Sindhu Sankalp were busy collecting sea floor samples in the Andaman Basin near the Barren volcano when it suddenly started spewing ash," the NIO has said. "The team moved about one mile from the volcano and began closely observing it. It was erupting in small episodes lasting about five to ten minutes," said the release.

During the daytime only ash clouds were observed. However, after sundown, the team observed red lava fountains spewing from the crater into the atmosphere and hot lava flows streaming down the slopes of the volcano, it said. "They have sampled the sediments and water in the vicinity of the volcano and recovered coal-like black pyroclastic material representing proximal volcanic ejecta. Clouds were seen at the crater mouth where the smoke was bellowing out in otherwise clear sky," the researchers said,

Dear reader, Checkout the video showing the current activity i the Barren Island published by TOI -

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/indias-only-volcano-active-again/videoshow/57232311.cms

Its interesting to see that, India itself a subcontinent not only has a diverse culture but also has a diverse climatic conditions in every State of the Country. I would love to hear some more interesting facts from you all when you all read about this one….