For my first trip to Vanuatu in 2007, I wanted to visit the island of Tanna but it did not work out. I was thrilled to be invited back for Tok Tok Vanuatu in 2019 and be able to visit Mount Yasur and ...

MOUNT YASUR (Vanuatu) As the Mount Yasur volcano cracks like thunder, spewing molten rock and billowing clouds of ash, it sends a warm rush of air to tourists watching from its rim. Amid the roars ...

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The Mount Yasur volcano erupts on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, on October 26, 2011. Mt. Yasur has been blasting out sulfur, ash and chunks of lava for some 800 years. (Chris Arneil /Flickr) ...

It's constantly hissing, fussing and belching, but every half hour or so Yasur volcano sends up a tremendous spurt of lava and a boom so loud it is deafening on the crater rim and can be heard for ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cairns. Followed categories will be added to My News. But for some of Vanuatu’s most stunning sights, it pays to look a bit further afield to some of the ...

On June 7, 2011 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra satellite passed over the South Pacific Ocean and captured this true-color image of volcanic activity in the ...

Beneath my feet the ground shakes. The taste of raw minerals excites my tongue with unknown flavors. Fumes of sulfur assault my nose. A thunderous roar fills my ears. A blast of air thrusts upward ...