Mount Vesuvius is a volcano located in southern Italy‚ near the bay of Naples and the city of Naples. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland. Vesuvius rises to a height of 1277 m (4190 ft). Vesuvio (Vesuvius) is probably the most famous volcano on earth‚ and is one of the most dangerous. Mount Vesuvius is a strato-volcano consisting of a volcanic cone (Gran Cono) that was built within a summit caldera (Mount Somma). The Somma-Vesuvius complex has formed
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our luggage into the rental car at Keflavik Airport. We’d just landed in Iceland‚ and already we were silenced by the landscape. "It looks even more amazing in person!‚" Josh said as we took it all in. Since we met during at a gathering at an old friends’ house‚ Josh and I had dreamed to traveled extensively through the world together‚ from the canals of Venice and Amsterdam to the mountains of Austria and Italy‚ but Iceland was our main place of excitement to visit. The surrounding lava field resembled
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Santa Maria Volcano Santa Maria’s first recorded eruption was in 1902‚ it was dormant for at least 500-1000 years before that. When it awoke‚ it caused seismic swarm activation in many volcanos in the region. There was also a major earthquake along with the many eruptions. The eruption tore most of the south western part of the volcano off and around 5‚000 people were killed as a result of it. The volcanic ash fell as far as San Francisco‚ which is 2‚996.8 miles from Santa Maria. The volcano didn’t calm
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blind’s eye to something you could have prevented? That’s exactly what Iceland‚ and the rest of the world did during the Holocaust. Even though it’s a small country‚ it could have helped stopped at least some of the injustices taking place in Nazi Germany and other places the Nazi’s gained control‚ but there were Social‚ Economical‚ and Political reasons to why they stood by. First off‚ Iceland had an anti-Semitic community. Iceland has a history of anti-Semitism‚ and even play hymns full of hatred
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largest volcano on our planet. Its long submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km‚ and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa’s great mass another 8 km. This makes the volcano’s summit about 17 km (56‚000 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawaii and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined. Now let’s get to finding out about lava. Although‚ it is a little terrifying having an active volcano next
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The volcano we modeled was Erta Ale. Erta Ale is a active shield volcano. This volcano is located in Ethopia on the continent Africa. This volcano is on two divergent plates. It is the Afar rift that is causing the volcano to continue to be active today. The two plates that are responsible for this are the Nubian and the Somalian plates. Considering this is an active volcano‚ it does produce slow moving magma. The volcano doesn’t have a huge eruption it is small and builds up in the crater and causes
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Predicting Volcano Eruptions As the world’s population grows‚ more and more people are living in potentially dangerous volcanic areas. Volcanic eruptions continue to happen and they can cause great threats to life and property. Predicting a volcano’s eruption accurately will lead to more saved lives and ensure our safety. When a volcano erupts it produces many threats. Some of these threats are lava flows‚ falling ash‚ and they may even cause other threats like mud and debris flows‚ or they
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The Tambora Volcano occurred in Europe in 1815 and did not end until four months later. In fact it spewed so much gases and rock into the air that‚ by the time it stopped erupting‚ it had shrunk by 4‚200 feet. To date‚ Mount Tambora has sent more particles into atmosphere than any other volcano in recorded history. . Mount Tambora sits on island of Indonesia .in 1815‚ perhaps 50‚000 people lived on Sambaw ‚ a beautiful land of rushing streams gentle hills‚ and thick jungles. Looming over the northern
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erupted more than 50 times? It erupted in 79A.D. In about 25 hours‚ it wipes our entire town. Mt. Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level‚ the remains of Pompeii and its lessons frozen in history. Firstly‚ Mt Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level. Its last serious eruption was in 1944. It’s one of the only active volcanos on the mainland of Europe. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in world due to the large population in Naples
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Visitors can see the remains of the Pompeii citizens in the ruins of an ancient volcano eruption. There have been many volcanic eruptions throughout history. When a volcano erupts‚ it destroys everything near by. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius devastated and destroyed Pompeii. Understanding volcano eruptions can help scientists predict them‚ unlike in Pompeii an ancient volcanic disaster . There are several causes of volcanic eruptions. When magma forces its way up to the crust of the
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