more on volcanoes

I've been kind of half paying attention to the progress of MAYON VOLCANO in the Philippines due to its proximity to us here in Taiwan. I remember some years ago when I was living in Changhua City, just south of here, we suffered through a couple of weeks of intense smoke pollution from the burning of fields and forests in Indonesia... I guess the winds have spared us in more recent years. Volcanic ash could also drift its way here I'm sure...

For more on current volcanic activity check out VOLCANO WORLD.

I can remember moving to Taiwan and asking about volcanic activity on the island and being assured that yes, though Taiwan is a part of the RING OF FIRE, all its' volcanoes are either extinct or massively dormant and I shouldn't worry so much... I wasn't really worried about them, only interested in possibly seeing a lava flow or something... It seems that was not entirely true as I've learned this morning about the Da Tun volcano group just north of Taipei city, some being active though not since the Pleistocene era... Also there's another group of 5 small volcanic islands off the North-East coast called Kuei Shan Tao...
There are also several unnamed submarine volcanoes, mostly located off the East coast... here's the list...

I've been looking for a decent volcano video on youtube...