243K views · 1K reactions | Ethiopia Volcano Eruption Hayli Gubbi a shield Volcano located in the Afar Region of Ethiopia had its first recorded eruption in over 10,000 years The explosive eruption shot massive amounts of ash thousands of meters into the air. Satellite imagery shows the large ash cloud | The Watchmen's Earth and Space connection | Facebook

🌋 FIRST VOLCANO ERUPTION IN 10,000 YEARS Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar Region, just erupted for the first time in around 10–12 thousand years. It sits on the East African Rift, where Africa is slowly tearing itself apart. This eruption sent an ash plume up to about 14–15 km into the sky. That ash did not stay local. It drifted across the Red Sea towards Yemen and Oman, and then further toward India, disrupting flights and darkening skies over multiple countries. When a volcan