On the morning of September 19th, 2022, a new volcanic eruption began at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano offshore of Madagascar on Reunion island. This created a series of lava fountains which reached up to 100 feet or 30 meters in height. Lava then fell back to the ground and slowly flowed to the southeast. As a whole, Piton de la Fournaise is a massive highly fascinating shield volcano which has produced 3 large caldera forming eruptions. This video will discuss the ongoing eruption, how long it might last, and what is likely to happen next.

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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/
Images with a list of eruption dates have their dates sourced from the GVP of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Sources:
[1] Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF)
[2] Global Volcanism Program, 2013. Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.11.2 (02 Sep 2022). Venzke, E (ed.). Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 19 Sep 2022. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013.
[3] Global Volcanism Program, 2013. Piton de la Fournaise (233020) in Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.11.2 (02 Sep 2022). Venzke, E (ed.). Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 19 Sep 2022 (https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=233020). https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013
[4] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, Terra / Modis, NOAA-20 / VIIRS

0:00 A New Eruption Begins
1:04 Likely Lava Flow Path
1:49 Location of Piton de la Fournaise
2:06 Three Caldera & Valleys
3:14 My Thoughts on the Eruption
3:42 Conclusion

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