Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Getting closer! Yasur has been in semi-continual eruption for the last 300 years. Tremors happen daily but are so small they go unnoticed. Every couple of weeks you get a little one that some people notice. In Bislama it’s called a ‘kraon i shekshek (ground he shake-shake). The last big one was in 2002 (7.5 on the Richter Scale). Even with this there was no loss of life or major injury. We started to cross the enormous ash plain surrounding Yasur which is almost devoid of all plant life. That isn't a cloud above the highest point - it is the last belch of gas, smoke and ash.