Ember geology

Strombolian bursts every few minutes — gas, bombs, and glowing vents.

TREMOR 3.8 · VENT A ACTIVE

TREMOR3.8

BOMBS0

VENT TEMP1084°C

click crater to hurl bombsmove mouse to fan the flames

Short gas bursts throw incandescent cinders 100 m high. Pressure above 70% arms full eruption.

Thicker plugs, louder blasts. Gas slider controls burst height and bomb spread directly.

Hold the ERUPT button rhythm: each click stacks pressure. Fan flames with the cursor for +tremor.

Drag night darkness to full for maximum glow contrast — embers read 3× brighter against black.

Chronicle appendix · D — famous tantrums

Eruptions that made history.

Pick a year. Each entry recalls a real eruption style the simulator above can imitate — set the console sliders to match and compare.

Pliny watches a pine-shaped cloud bury Pompeii. Plinian column, pumice rain, pyroclastic finish — pressure 100, gas 90.

Console recipe — pressure 100 · gas 90 · vent: fissure

Towering gas column, white pumice daylight. The big red button at full sliders.

Nightly cinder bursts — the default watch mode of this crater.

Groundwater flashes to steam. No lava, all ash and surprise.