BOOM SHAKALAKA!!! - The Hayli Gubii Volcano In Ethiopia, East Africa ERUPTS On November 23, 2025 For The First Time In Ten Thousand Years

Stefan Burns, Nov 23, 2025  #earth #earthquakes #geophysics

Hayli Gubii, a small volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupted in spectacular fashion today November 23rd 2025 after having been dormant for 10,000+ years. For decades pressure has been building across much of the East African Rift Valley from the relentless magmatic activity of the African Superplume actively tearing the continent apart, and this volcanic eruption could be the first signs of large-scale pressure release across the entire zone. Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports

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Edited by Azizi Powell  

Latest updates- November 25, 2025

This pancocojams post showcases two YouTube podcasts about the Hayli Gubii volcano In Ethiopia, East Africa that erupted on November 23, 2025 for the first time in ten thousand years. A few comments from these podcasts' discussion threads are also included in this post.

Addendum #i, & #2 to this pancocojams post includes two additional internet write-ups about the eruption of the Hayli Gubii volcano.

The content of this post is presented for historical, geophysical, and linguistic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the publishers of these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6iW0im044 for a related November 8, 2025 YouTube video entitled "Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents".

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/part-ii-use-of-term-boom-shakalaka-in.html_for the October 2025 pancocojams post entitled "Part II - The Use Of The Term "Boom Shakalaka" In One Of Geophysicist Stefan Burn's 3 I Atlas Podcasts & In That Podcast's Discussion Thread". The link to Part I of that series is given in that post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
I've emphasized the phrase "Boom Shakalaka" in the title of this post and I've given special attention to the comments in the discussion thread of Showcase Video #1 that consist of or that include the phrase "boom shakalaka".

Here's an excerpt from an AI excerpt about that phrase (Retrieved on November 25,2025):
"Musical origins: The phrase's phonetic structure can be traced to the "boom-laka-laka-laka" refrain in Sly and the Family Stone's 1969 song "I Want to Take You Higher".

Film influence: The altered version, "boom-shaka-laka-laka," appeared in the 1981 film Stripes, and the phrase was noted by a scriptwriter for NBA Jam, says Wiktionary.

Video game popularization: In 1993, the phrase was used by NBA Jam announcer Tim Kitzrow to exclaim over a slam dunk, leading to its widespread popularity."...
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Geophysicist Stefan Burns has used the phrase "boom shakalaka" in his podcasts to refer to "coronal mass ejections" (an event in which a large cloud of energetic and highly magnetized plasma erupts from the solar corona into space, causing radio and magnetic disturbances on the earth.

Stefan Burns' use of the phrase "boom shakalaka" to refer to coronal mass ejections, and also to refer to volcanic eruptions has resulted in that phrase invariably being used by some commenters in discussion threads of his podcast. Read examples of those types of comments below.in this pancocojams post. Although "boom shakalaka" is usually used as an exclamation", notice that in one example of this compilation, it is used as a noun (i.e. "boom shakalakas".   

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - A Major Explosive Volcanic Eruption Just Occurred in Africa; Geologist Analysis

GeologyHub, Nov 23, 2025

A major explosive volcanic eruption unexpectedly began this morning at Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano, leading to the generation of an ash cloud the size of Portugal. Lengthy pyroclastic flows were generated, and heavy ashfall has occurred. Today's video discusses the ongoing eruption via the knowledge and analysis of a geologist.

This video's thumbnail image will display as 1 of 2 different images for different viewers.

Thumbnail Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Public Domain, https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/kil...

Note: Since I do not currently have any non-satellite images of the Hayli Gubbi volcano, I am using a 2018 Kilauea eruption photo to represent part of its current activity.

NASA EOSDIS Worldview satellite imagery Copyright © 2012-2025 United States Government

as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM VIDEO #1

All of these comments were written on November 23, 2025 and November 24, 2025 EDT.
 
These comments are presented in relative order based on the date and time of their publication except for replies with the oldest comments quoted first. 

Numbers are given for referencing purposes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1mgKKDalsw

1. @lordbeerus1738
"weirrrd stuff been happening lately. idk what’s going on"

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2. @helenormsby474
"It’s that time"

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3. @Shine2Universe
"The Earth Shift plus Sun"

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4. @christophermarston6657
"BOOM SHOCKALACKA!!!😂"

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5. @audreyroche9490
"New world end of old world  universe working to change the planet for new world new age amazing"

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6. @Shine2Universe
"It's TERRIFYING..💥....so another BOOMSHALAKA : Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏"

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7. @RachaelMorgan-om4xw
"🙏"

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8. @serenamg
"Fear not little flock! These are unprecedented times. Thank you Stefan! 😊 ❤ 🙏🏻 ♾️"

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9. @williamabbott9437
"This is because of the current ongoing Geomagnetic Excursion (Pole Shift). The Earth's rotation is speeding up and pushing magma towards the surface. This is also why the AMOC is waning. Hayli Gubii hasn't erupted since the Younger-Dryas and the last Geomagnetic Excursion called the Gothenburg Excursion. The Phlegraean Fields Caldera are also becoming highly active."

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10. @schec1015
"This makes sense.

For anyone that doesn't know, the African continent is slowly ripping apart. If you look up the East African Rift, it'll explain what is happening.

These volcanoes are right on the rift. So they'll probably become more common as time goes on."

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11. @bumblebeat-e8l
"Uiii, boom shakalaka 💥😯"

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12. @InTelaVision
"That explains my ear ringing getting cranked all day starting with a explosive pop in both this morning. Thx Stefan your always first to release updates on natures fury!❤stay safe & positive friends!❤"

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13. @amyhill1126
"I don't understand the correlation.  How does this affect ringing in the ears? I'm truly curious. I've had ringing in the ears most of my life."

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14. @petemcintire4339
" @amyhill1126  For some people it is similar to joints predicting rain or changes in the weather"

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15. @InTelaVision
"@amyhill1126 hi Amy,Pete kinda summed it up. I seem to get heavy ear ringing before & during  solar storms, earthquakes, volcanoes Schumann resonance changes & other natural disasters. Some think its a form of HSP (highly sensitive person) other reasons for these of ear ringing can be associated with spiritual awakening symptoms. Deep breathing, walks in nature, baths or shower, staying hydrated, soothing music or tuning forks can seem to help me in certain cases. Best of luck calming it, I hope maybe some of that can help."

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16. @TranscendpropertyofGod21
"Boom Shakalaka 🙏 May all be safe from the echoes!!"

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17. @JaniceSyndergaard
"I wish safety & good health for the people & creatures in the areas of the volcanic & earthquake areas.

Blessings🙏🙏💖"

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18. @1i992
"🙏 please be safe Ethiopia, and all continent's and islands of our world."

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19. @robertfitch310
"Right in that corner of the African continent that is showing signs of splitting off. 💥🔥☄️"

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20. @Happytravelerx32
"Boomshakala"

** 21. @charlielynes
"Etna has developed a huge crack... 🤷🏿‍♂️🌋"

** 22. @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy
"You ain’t seen nothing yet when it comes to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

2025 will end with multiple boomshakalaka’s!"

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23. @DionPryor3
"I'll be back here in January either laughing at you or saying good job..😂"

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24. @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy
" @DionPryor3 or if your in the wrong location you’ll be dead."

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25. @DionPryor3
​​ @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy   so be it..Not to worried about it..Have to go sometime. 😂

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26. @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy
"@DionPryor3 ya but the “ignorance is bliss” will go right out the window once reality hits hard."

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27. @DionPryor3
"​ @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy  Not really. Im 63 and lived a good life. I believe in life after death. I'll be fine."

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28. @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy
"@DionPryor3 👍 God Bless & Good Luck!"

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29. @DionPryor3
"@GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy  Thank you and be blessed and stay safe. 🙏✨️"

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30. @GeneralofGodsEarthlyArmy
"@DionPryor3 I’m only obeying Ezekiel 33:1-12."
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Here's the beginning portion of these Biblical verses as quoted in https://biblia.com/bible/esv/ezekiel/33/1-12

"The word of the Lord came to me: 2 t“Son of man, speak to uyour people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head."...

** 31. @parry3231
"My love to all of the people who live in  Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ❤

This world is going through alot of immense challenges and changes that are threatening our survival and our well-being.

Having the Earth splitting apart is a huge event too.😟🌏🌌✨️

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32. @ronaldingleby8158
"X5 flare that hit Africa last week energized and woke an ancient volcano"

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33. @michaellewis483
"Just double checked this and at 10:04 UTC on November 11th AR4274 released an X 5.1 who's X-rays directly hit Europe and Africa leading to a R3-4 radio blackout. You are correct sir."

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34. @user-su6fy4pw2h
"BOOMShakalaka someone call The Geophysicist Docta!!! My Boy 👊"

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35. @actthree7810
"Wow. Wondering how this will affect the flow of shipping in the area. Not to mention all the political and military maneuvers in motion. "The best laid plans of mice and men..."

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36. @cplg2111usmc
"Seriously the stock market will be all sorts of crazy tomorrow morning"

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37. @richardbigouette3651
"Eruptions in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Rumblings in Yellowstone and a possible eruption in Hawaii. It's like the world is stretching and yawning."

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38. @teresagolden2057
"So, NASA can tell the size of some new rock beyond the orbit of Uranus by removing the coma glow, but is unable to give specific information about 3I/Atlas flying by Mars?  And, the UN has been on alert all month monitoring 3I/Atlas, this anomalous interstellar rock, for no good reason?  We are not dumb or children!"

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39. @KYCoot55
"BOOM!  Chocolate, Chocolate!"

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40. @Nakoa-zar
"I'm in Qatar and this ash cloud reached us. I thought it was a dust storm."

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41. @StefanBurns
"I can't confirm this 100% guys, but a user on X also shared pics of the ash from Qatar and tagged me and it doesn't appear to be sand (like from a sandstorm). The fact that the ash plume reached Qatar with density is pretty shocking, this was a big event!"

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42. @vbrown7436
"Makes sense... civilization began in Ethiopia. Africa the Motherland 🌍"

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43. @Alexa-Wi
"We were supposed to fly to the Seychelles yesterday, and 5 minutes before boarding, we were told the volcano had erupted so the flight was canceled. We were rerouted today via Dubai - Seychelles.

So crazy times, in the night i woke up & the Energy from the Earth was so high!!"

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44. @mtrest4
"Good thing it did not happen while you were in flight ✈️ near the volcanos plume path."

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45. @Alexa-Wi
"@mtrest4 yes, ! Its really a big luck!"

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46. @nidahayes6023
"Thank you Stefan ❤️. Keep safe brothers and sisters in Ethiopia and sending our Prayers 🙏🙏🙏. Love and and life to everyone ❤️❤️❤️💡💡💡🙏🙏🙏"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deTLXbI3nC8

Pinned by @GeologyHub

1.@GeologyHub
"Today's video was posted late as I took time out of my schedule to warn a relevant agency, possibly preventing a 21st century repeat of British Airways Flight 009 (1982) or KLM Flight 867 (1989). If you go to the VAAC Toulouse website, and look at the Hayli Gubbi volcano notice, I am listed as a partial source for issuing the warning (I did not make the warning, but informed them about details of the eruption)."

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2. @ARGONUAT
"INFO SOURCE: SATELLITE DATA, GEOLOGYHUB!!!"

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3.@eledatowle8767
" @ARGONUAT  Yep, I'm surprised they used the channel name instead of Tim's name directly, but that must have been his choice.  Thanks, Tim, for caring about people across the globe!

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4. @IrrelevantHacks
"Flight radar shows that the area at the moment is being avoided by aircraft, but flight IYE611 (Yemenia Fligth 661, an A320) is still flying directly into the area of the ash cloud over the Red Sea, as of me writing this. It's a direct flight from Cairo to Aden. It's at 35,000 feet. Most flights are going directly west of the area before turning east, south of the ash cloud, above Somalia.

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5. @random-lankan
 @IrrelevantHacks  Flight IY611 would have had to fly into the area anyway, since the ash cloud stretched directly over Aden. Thankfully, it seems like the flight had made it to Aden safely."

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6.@ImSofaKingBrilliant
"VAAC Toulouse’s map still has “no confirmed eruptions” on it despite several satellite images confirming the eruption.

Hayli Gubbi

Pays : Ethiopia

Région : Africa and Red Sea

Subrégion : Africa (northeastern) and Red Sea

VEI Holocène : No confirmed eruptions

Latitude : 13.5

Longitude : 40.72"

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7. @Marcus-ki1en
"Great Job.  Reminds me of the three brothers Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.  Somebody should have done it, Anybody could have done, so Nobody did it.  Thank you for thinking of others and acting."

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8. @outlawbillionairez9780
"Are these volcanoes the result of tectonic plates sliding over each other, or pulling apart from each other."

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9. @markwis5285
"The last one."

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10. @AlteredBuzzard
"Looking at flight Radar, one of the biggest areas of ash advisories I've seen but lots of planes flying though the area."

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11. @apismellifera1000
"Great job in notifying them! Your call may have saved a lot of lives."

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12. @Tigertame4
"Well DONE!! Not all heroes wear capes!"

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13. @isupportthecurrentthing5225
"Been a very active week for eruptions. Hope this doesn’t indicate something bad on the horizon."

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14. @Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke
"It is so unfortunate that there are still places where local monitoring is so limited that someone watching NASA worldview and wondering why there are no alerts coming from the authorities can end up being the one to alert the authorities when they inquire about the lack of an alert.

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15. @eledatowle8767
"And yet, it's fortunate that people who make the study of volcanism and geology care enough to alert those agencies!"

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16. @bweresquirrel8279
"Good on you. Here's hoping the people of Ethiopia stay safe."

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17. @basbass429
"There are many volcanoes and some are in remote locations with hardly anyone living nearby. Someone needs to pay for 24 x7 monitoring equipment and maintain it.  And need a few people constantly monitoring. Thus nobody is going to monitor a (mostly) inactive volcano in the middle of nowhere.  Which sometimes, suddenly become rather very very active again."

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18. @markwis5285
"@basbass429   This  is  why we rely on geologists like Tim,  in doing  so he is one of the eyes  of   the  world.

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19. @RayTX1337
"This is not really unexpected, because this is exactly where the continental split of the African continent is currently happening. (slowly, but its happening)

A fissure is starting at the red sea and going south across Africa.

The eastern part of Africa is splitting off and this will cause increased seismic activity all along the fault line."

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20. @DrakoCrowley
"Countries like that may not have the resources to continuously monitor like others do.  You did the right thing by making sure someone was alerted."

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21. @Weather_Talk
"There are numerous reports of ash  falling in western Yemen"

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22. @ericfielding2540
"Thanks for taking the time to notify the volcanic ash advisory center for this area. It seems that nobody else was paying attention to this area. It is far from major population centers. Thanks also for your notes in the description on what satellite data you used, so that others can easily find it."

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23. @TopMooseCone
"Thank you for getting the alert out! This is very serious for airliner engines etc. 👍"

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24. @tHebUm18
"Thank you for getting the alert out, but embarrassing to whatever authorities are supposed to handle it they didn't notice a major volcanic eruption for hours."

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25. @chrisantoniou4366
"Well done in getting the authorities to put out an advisory but it's a worry that no one in authority said anything for hours!"

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26. @NicolinoP
"I was just reading and seeing a volcano just erupted a few days ago Semeru Volcano in Indonesia gee I hope they are not related to some underground event no one knows about"

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27. @rugi0253
"Am I naïve to think a local agency should have raised the alert a bit sooner? Thank you so much for having done so! Who knows how many lives you may have saved today, both folks on the ground and those in aircraft"

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28. @Orca19904
"This is also a really bad spot for a volcano to erupt as the ash cloud is covering the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping lane for the middle-east."

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29. @rlas
"Thank you for making the effort of contacting authorities. From your observation it seems to me that the volcano should have been under better observation, due to the activity change in  the surrounding area causing a chain reaction being a likely scenario. It seems negligent to me to not observe the area more vigilantly, after something had changed after 60 years."

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30. @susannap.8834
"@GeologyHub Thank you for your great work and profound information, as much as for warning the authorities.

I wonder why you saw this and local authorities didn't!? It makes me think of HOW your workplace must look like? 30 huge screens placed all over desk and walls to monitor lots of data and sources?

Are you comparing satellite images every hour, looking for differences? Can this be done by AI or are there any alert features included in the software? And how did you find out whom to call in Ethiopia?? I'm watching from Germany, stunned by your knowledge and efforts. Thank you for keeping us all informed!

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31. @markwis5285
"These are the things that collage graduates do. Thanks to Tim's unwavering passion in his field, he can share this with the world. More nonfiction YouTube content like this would only better benefit those who need this valuable knowledge."

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ADDENDUM #1
From https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx4PCTVjtaGRZT_AfvNVkJ67Tv9We6y4ur
Dr AstroGeoTech, November 23, 2025
"Hayli Gubbi is a shield volcano located in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range. Until November 2025, there was no known record of any eruptions of this volcano within the past 10,000 years.

On November 23, 2025, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre released an advisory bulletin stating that an explosive volcanic eruption was underway, and an ash plume had been detected in satellite imagery. The initial eruption is reported to have occurred at 08.30 UTC, with an ash plume reaching 45,000 feet (flight level 450). Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is situated in the Afar Depression, a barren desert area. Erta Ale is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Erta Ale is 613 metres (2,011 ft) high, with one or sometimes two active lava lakes at the summit which occasionally overflow on the south side of the volcano. It is notable for holding the longest-existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century (1906). Volcanoes with lava lakes are very rare: there are only eight in the world. Erta Ale means "smoking mountain" in the local Afar language and its southernmost pit is known locally as "the gateway to Hell". In 2009, it was mapped by a team from the BBC using three-dimensional laser techniques, in order for the mapping team to maintain a distance and avoid the lakes' searingly hot temperatures. Erta Ale is centered over the East African Rift system, which is a triple junction setting whose movements are resulting in the formation of a pull-apart basin or rift. The volcano comprises mainly mafic material which has been brought up to the surface caused by unroofing of the mantle due to this rift formation. There was a major eruption on 25 September 2005 which killed 250 head of livestock and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee. There was further lava flow in August 2007, forcing the evacuation of hundreds and leaving two missing. An eruption on 4 November 2008 was reported by scientists at Addis Ababa University. Another eruption was reported in January 2017. Erta Ale (Hayli Gubbi) Volcano Eruptions, Biggest Lava Lake, Ethiopia, African Rift Valley https://youtu.be/uOZRp9k9rXI"

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ADDENDUM #2
From.https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/volcano-erupts-first-time-12-170053984.html "

Volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years: "Like a sudden bomb"

CBSNews, November 24, 2025

"A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) said.

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia's Afar region about 500 miles northeast of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours.

The volcano, which rises about 1,500 feet yards in altitude, sits within the Rift Valley, a zone of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet.

Ash clouds from the volcano drifted over Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, said the VAAC, which posted a map of the path of the ash cloud."...
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