southern main island. Not only was the Eruption deadly but the Mayu-Yama Lava domes collapsed which triggered a Mega-Tsunami that killed nearly 15‚000 people. This was one of Japans worst volcanic disasters. The Volcano has been dormant for 198 years until the early 1990’s when the volcano became active and erupted again in November 1991 creating a pyroclastic flow which killed 43 people. A Pyroclastic flow is a fast moving current of hot gas and rock known as tephra. The flow all depends on the
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The Yellowstone volcano has been a growing concern for many Americans over the years. Especially after the eruption of the Mount St. Helen’s volcano in the 80’s. Rumors of a catastrophic explosion have caught the attention of everyone from the media to newspapers who try to sell the fear of an imminent explosion and the extreme damage that could possibly happen. However‚ the truth is just the opposite. In actuality‚ these fears are almost always unfounded‚ and usually arise from the the rumors of
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Volcano Vesuvius Volcano Vesuvius‚ a famous volcano that changed itself and the land around it over the course of it’s time. Vesuvius is located in Southern Italy and is southeast of the Bay of Naples. It is on the plain of Campania. It was approximately 7 miles (11 kilometers) tall in AD 79‚ before it erupted and buried Pompeii and Stabiae in pumice and ash‚ and Herculaneum with mud flows. (The pumice and ash that had hardened covered the villages for over 28 feet tall‚ and plaster casts were found
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Volcanic mountains are mountains that form when molten rock erupts onto the earth’s surface. They can either form on land or in the ocean. The Cascade Range in Washington‚ Oregon and northern California is composed of volcanic mountains. Some of the largest volcanic mountains are found along divergent boundaries‚ which form the mid-ocean ridges. The mid-ocean ridges have huge volcanic mountain chains that run through the Atlantic‚ Pacific and Indian Oceans. The mountains in the mid-ocean ridges can
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surface‚ it results in a volcanic eruption. Lava – Lava is the rock expelled from a volcano during an eruption. When it first comes out‚ the lava can have a temperature higher than 700 degrees C. It then flows downhill from the eruption point until it cools and hardens. Main Vent – A volcano’s main vent is the point in the Earth’s crust where hot magma has reached the surface. The familiar cone-shaped volcano builds up as ash‚ rock and lava ejected during eruptions fall back to Earth around the
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El Greco was a painter‚ sculptor‚ and an architect. When in Spain he was the first great genius of his Spanish school. El Greco’s real name is not the one you see on all of the paintings his real name is Domenikos Theotocopoulos. El Greco was born in 1541 and died in 1614. None know of his childhood. In 1566 he became a master painter and moved or traveled to Venice. Later in 1570 he traveled to Rome to meet Giulio Clovio a miniaturist. Very few of his pieces survived the years. One of the surviving
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What Makes You Beautiful In the article “Marketing New Inventions” by Robert Rodriguez he states the various amounts of competition when it comes to different‚ or even the same‚ kind of products. Even when that product takes a rise‚ someone will always be watching you to make sure that whatever product they decide to invent‚ that it over powers yours or any other invention in their range. The article also states that in order to survive the marketing world an entrepreneur must be market savvy‚ develop
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What makes an excellent film? It took me a little while to come up with an answer to‚ "What makes an excellent film?" There really is no answer‚ actually. I believe that an excellent film is within the eyes and emotions of the audience. After researching and discovering what actually won Oscars and Golden Globe awards‚ it came down to what the people thought‚ and the popularity of a film. It is extremely hard to predict what will win these awards before the movie is even released to the public
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Adebowale Oluwakemi Professor Sharon Rossum English 1302[online] February 15‚ 2015 What Makes A Society Great So many things make up a great society or contribute to any great society. Society is formed by many people of similar likes and most of the same value. Different cultures‚ different tribes also comes together to form a great society. Personally‚ there are many things that makes up a society great which includes‚ civilization‚ the ability of a society to answer most difficult
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Daniela SESIUNEA MAI 2013 1 HAPPINESS. WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY. 2 Contents: 1.Introduction…………………………………………………………..4 2.What makes me happy…………………………………………..6 3.Conclusion……………………………………………………………..9 4.Bibliography…………………………………………………………..10 3 1.Introduction. Happiness is a
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