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Magma Chamber Growing Under Mediterranean Volcano

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Submarine volcanic activity along a section of the Kolumbo crater on the seafloor, observed with SANTORY monitoring equipment. This work was supported by the Institute for Exploration (IFE-USA) and the collaborative project ‘New Frontiers in the Ocean Exploration’. Courtesy/SANTORY

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Using a novel imaging technique for volcanoes that produces high-resolution pictures of seismic wave properties, a new study reveals a large, previously undetected body of mobile magma underneath Kolumbo, an active submarine volcano near Santorini, Greece.

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Pajarito Owners Mountain Capital Partners To Become Majority Owner Of Largest Ski Resort In The Americas

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Valle Nevado ski resort in Chile. Courtesy/MCP

MCP News:

DURANGO, Colo. — Mountain Capital Partners (MCP) and Chilean resort Valle Nevado have announced  that MCP will become the majority owner of Valle Nevado, the largest ski resort in the Americas. 

For more than two decades, MCP has acquired, built, developed and successfully grown 10 resorts including Pajarito Mountain in New Mexico as well as resorts in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Texas.

Last fall, MCP introduced a new geographical region to the company with the addition of Willamette Pass Resort near Eugene, Ore.

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Santa Fe Opera: 44 Apprentice Singers For 2023 Season

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Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer Emilie Kealani performs in the Apprentice Scenes on the stage of The Crosby Theatre. Photo by Norman Doggett

SFO News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) announces the 44 members of its 2023 Apprentice Program for Singers.

The roster includes promising young vocalists from across the USA including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as from East Africa, Australia, Canada, China, South America and South Korea. The 2023 class was selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants by Program Director Gayletha Nichols; Manager, Casting and Apprentice Read More

Sig Hecker In Los Alamos To Discuss New Book On Korea’s Nuclear Program

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Dr. Siegfried Hecker, senior fellow and professor emeritus at Stanford University and Director Emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory speaking Tuesday evening at Duane Smith Auditorium about his new book, written with Elliot Serbin, Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Program. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Dr. Siegfried Hecker, senior fellow and professor emeritus at Stanford University and director emeritus of the Los Alamos National Laboratory returned to his former hometown to promote his Read More

Five Kirtland Airmen To Receive Distinguished Flying Cross

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KAFB News:

KAFB – Five Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) Airmen from the 58th Special Operations Wing will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the base in Albuquerque.

The five Airmen are being honored for their participation in an Oct. 31, 2020, hostage rescue operation in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men.

The mission was conducted by the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 who were flown to the region by Air Force special operations. The mission marked the longest successful hostage rescue mission in one period Read More

Siegfried Hecker To Lecture In Duane Smith Auditorium

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Siegfried Hecker. Courtesy/Minesh Bacrania

LAHS News:

“How did North Korea, one of the poorest and most isolated countries in the world, in the crosshairs of every U.S. administration during the past 30 years, progress from no nuclear weapons in 2001 to a threatening arsenal of 30 to 60 weapons today?”

Former Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Siegfried Hecker will address that question and others when he speaks about his forthcoming book written with Elliot Serbin, Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program, at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 in Duane Smith Auditorium .

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LANL: SuperCam Records First Audio Of Martian Dust Devil

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Audio and visual data from the dust devil that passed over the Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/INTA-CSIC/Space Science Institute/ISAE-Supaer. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News: 
  • A 387-foot dust devil passed directly over the Perseverance rover 

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are part of a team that, for the first time, recorded the sound of a Martian dust devil; the results were published in Nature Communications.

“We were able to record, for the first time on Mars, the sound of a dust devil passing over the rover and sand grains impacting the structure

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AGU: Death Valley’s Ubehebe Crater Reveals Volcanic Hazard Areas Are Underestimated

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Death Valley’s Ubehebe Crater formed around 2100 years ago when magma and groundwater mixed and created enough steam pressure to erupt. The volcanic deposits there are well preserved and likely provide better information about the hazardous zones around similar eruptions. Courtesy/Felix’s Endless Journey via Openverse

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When magma bubbles up toward Earth’s surface and meets groundwater, steam pressure builds, sometimes bursting into eruptions that spew currents of hot ash, potentially burning and asphyxiating people and burying nearby cities.

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Happy New Year 2023 Los Alamos!

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At this start of a brand new year the Los Alamos Daily Post news team wishes our readers in Los Alamos and White Rock and around the globe all the very best in 2023. We also want to take this opportunity as we near our 11-year anniversary next month to express our gratitude to our loyal advertisers – thank you and we look forward to working with you in 2023! Courtesy image Read More