A major eruption in Africa has left behind a brand new 1,300 foot wide explosion crater along with two smaller 500+ foot wide craters. Yet, unexpectedly, a new more than 2,000 foot wide crater formed at the Erta Ale volcano to the north as this section unexpectedly subsided. Whether this could be linked to new or past magma movement is uncertain. Today's video will discuss the November 23rd eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano and the November 25th pit crater formation at the Erta Ale volcano. This video was made by a geologist and volcanologist. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Seifegebreil Shifferaw, Used with Permission. This image shows the newly formed 1,300+ foot wide explosion crater which formed during Hayli Gubbi's November 23rd 2025 eruption. A special thanks to both Seifegebreil Shifferaw and the ExtremePursuit YouTube channel! Note: The level of danger at or near the Hayli Gubbi eruption site is uncertain. However, I do not like uncertainty, and because of this I am asking people to avoid the site as it could theoretically have some notable dangers present (such as a risk of secondary explosions occurring in pyroclastic flow deposits, or the risk of Hayli Gubbi erupting again even if the lack of new heat signatures on satellite data currently might suggest otherwise). NASA EOSDIS Worldview satellite imagery Copyright © 2012-2025 United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All Rights Reserved. Associated license for NASA EOSDIS Worldview: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/worldview/blob/main/LICENSE.md We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). We acknowledge the use of imagery from the NASA Worldview application (https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/), part of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at geologyhubyt@gmail.com and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Sources/Citations: [1] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Terra / MODIS, Aqua / MODIS, NOAA-20 / VIIRS, NOAA-21 / VIIRS), (Thermal signatures: Terra / MODIS, NOAA-20 / VIIRS, Aqua / MODIS), at https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ 0:00 Hayli Gubbi Craters 0:32 Subsidence Cracks 2:49 Possible Dangers 3:49 Sub-Plinian Eruption Patterns 4:31 Erta Ale Collapse