‘Like a sudden bomb’: See photos from space of Ethiopian volcano erupting for first time in 12,000 years
Live Science | November 25, 2025 | Skyler WareA volcano in Ethiopia erupted for the first time in at least 12,000 years on Sunday, sending a cloud of ash and smoke northeast across the Red Sea.
Hayli Gubbi, a volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, erupted at around 8:30 a.m. UTC (3:30 a.m. EST) on Nov. 23. By 8 p.m. UTC (3 p.m. EST), the explosive phase of the eruption had stopped, according to the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in France.
This is the first time Hayli Gubbi is known to have erupted in the Holocene — the present geological epoch that began at the end of the last ice age, around 11,700 years ago. Generally, if a volcano hasn’t erupted in the Holocene, it is considered extinct.
I heard we are all just holograms existing in the Holocene Era.
For zzyzx:
“Hologram for Mister Mongo! Hologram for Mister Mongo!”
“Oppo, I don’t want to embarrass you, but… That’s abnormally huge and active.”
Mika: “Tell me about it.”
But then it goes dormant for another 12,000 years.
Fifteen is my limit on holograms.