Mt. Merapi news!

As we know, Indonesia was ambushed by several natural disasters lately. The explosion of Mt. Merapi for example, which was happened in late October, killed 153 people and 320,000 were displaced. This explosion caused several impacts on environment and also on humans, whether it’s physical and mental suffering from loss and death of relatives. This eruption changed from a beautiful green valley to a barren and eerie place, it’s completely shocking. Here  are some of the newest photos about what’s happening there.

6 November 2010
Eruption intensity was increasing 

 Continuous incandescent rockfall

NASA thermal image from space during the explosion

The surge clouds are spreading out

 View from the nearest devastated village to the volcano

Devastated village, it was all fine ash. 

The zone below Merapi where pyroclastic flow in a small canyon is 

converted to lahar by the rainfall.

The eruption survivors with some burned parts on their body

 Burned cows, luckily cow's skin is very thick and research said that the Mt. Merapi's hot ash is about 200 Celcius, which means cows really have thick skins.

 Another unfortunate victim.

Condition of the house, fully covered by ash and completely destroyed everything

Mass-burial of the victims, may them rest in peace :)

Another lucky survivor, this monkey was curled in its cage, protecting its face, tail, and paw.

References: 

Montserrat Volcano Observatory. (2010). Merapi 2010: pyroclastic surges wreck villages in  front of the world's press. Retrieved from http://www.montserratvolcano.org/Merapi.htm

Andi Hidayat. (2010). Dampak Letusan di Sekitar Lereng Merapi. Retrieved from http://andimanwno.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/studi-merapi-17/