Sunday, August 24, 2008
The View That Captures My Emotion
Mount Mayon is among the active volcano located in one of the many islands in the Philippines. Its lovely look is only a disguised for its less than 400 recorded eruption in last 300 years. If you are inside the vicinity of Legazpi City, this majestic view is 15 km northwest and is surrounded by many cities like Camalig, Daraga, Sto. Domingo, Bacacay, Malilipot, and specially Legazpi City. Aside from seeing the perfect symmetrical volcano, you can also have a glance the buried Cagsawa Church located at Busay, Daraga.   This was taken last August 20,2008 on the second floor of Astillero Bldg using my Sony Ericsson w200i camera phone . It fully captures the beautiful images of mayon volcano. Labels: mayon volcano, mount mayon, pictures |
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Is this Another Sign for Mount Mayon?
| August 15, 2008 at around 7 o’clock pm in my automatic Seiko timepiece, Legazpi City in the province of Albay and other nearby cities like Guinobatan, Ligao, Camarines Sur and Norte experienced a devastating earthquake. Is this recent earthquake a sign that mount mayon is ready to burn the sky and make day a night? Everyone was shocked that even the “pabayle” (dance on the streets) in our area was stopped due to sudden movement of the ground. All things hanging inside our house moved like they are being swayed back and forth. It was my first instinct to grab my daughter who’s playing around the house and go to a nearest “amba” (the post that surrounds and support a door. Aside from going under the table, I learned about it from seminars that I have been through about earthquake and how to deal with it calmly. After the big surprised by the tremor, a series of aftershock also takes place. The whole incident last at least 3 to 5 minutes (I think). Luckily, there are no casualties reported and the event was on the news after 20 minutes. And through the advent of communication technologies, the center of the earthquake and its magnitude was recorded in an instant. According to PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology), the said tremor has a magnitude of 6.0 and its center was the city of Sorsogon. With such occurrence, people in the Bicol region are now thinking and believing that this is a sign of another explosive eruption. Those who are inside the 3 km danger zone of the majestic mount mayon are now frightened as the tragedy happened last 2002 would strike once more. However, PHIVOLCS said that the eruption may or may not be caused by massive movement of rocks inside the mayon volcano. Further studies will be conducted to know the cause of this tremor. And early this morning August 16, 2008 at around 6 to 6:30 o’clock in the morning, another mild earthquake was recorded. If this is really a sign that mount mayon is making itself ready for a big explosion. All the people around the majestic mayon volcano including nearby cities should be ready. Take note that this post is not a prediction or even an explanation of possible occurrences. This is only the point of view from the mount mayon admin and should not be taken as valid report. Labels: eruption, mayon volcano, mount mayon, PHIVOLCS |
The Majestic Mount Mayon of Legazpi City
 The mount mayon is among the best tourist spots you can see when you visit the province of Albay or other cities that comprises the Bicol Region. With it’s magnificent and perfectly cone shape, mayon volcano will surely captivate everyone’s heart that no one will get bored looking at it. But how does this splendid piece become so perfect?According To Legend Legend say’s that the Mount Mayon is formed in a landslide causing a man to be buried alive underneath. This man has a niece that is so beautiful, that causes every man to be in love with her. But with the fierce of her uncle, no one dared to get near her. One day, a brave young warrior was so in love with the lady that anything he will do just to be with her. With his will, he walks through the flames of death and cheated death to impress the girl and enticed her to flee with him. But the ferocious uncle did not stop. The coupled pray to the Gods for help that in an instant causes tremors to the ground creating a landslide and burying the man alive. And whenever the mount mayon erupts, local folks said that it was that anger of the lady’s uncle bursting in the form of eruptions. According To Studies Scientific studies shows that the mount mayon was formed in a perfectly cone shape due to varying lava flow and pyroclastic explosion. And with the billion years of existence, over 50 times of eruptions in the past 400 years and even more during its presence, the symmetric cone figure was created. Classified as among the most active volcano not only in the Philippines but also around the globe. This majestic spot of Legazpi City elevates at 2462 meters or 8077 feet above sea level. And if you want to reach the top of the volcano, you will need to deal with at least 35 or 40 degrees of steepness. Labels: legazpi city, legend, magayon, majestic, mayon volcano, mount mayon, view |