La Soufrière's Good Friday 1979 eruption marked by explosion
La Soufrière’s Good Friday 1979 eruption marked by explosion Article by April 14, 2021 St Vincent’s La Soufrière volcano heralded the 42nd anniversary of its Good Friday 1979 eruption with a classic, dramatic explosion that sent a towering mushroom cloud of ash and rock splinters miles into the air. It has been five days since the volcano has been shooting its gas-rich magma out of the crater, sometimes in towering ash columns, or in sending pyroclastic flows down its slopes. The interspersed tremors accompanied by explosions or venting have been changing pattern ove...