This is a picture of lava flowing from one of the two active volcanoes that make up the "Big Island" of Hawaii. Hawaii was formed at a "hot spot" on the Pacific seafloor, which formed when magam pushed through a weak spot in the crust and created the islands. As the seafloor moved over the hotspots, new islands were formed.There is a new island forming now, called the Loihi Seamount.
It may not look like much, but it'll be paradise in a few thousand years!
This is a picture of beautiful Mt. Fuji - thought by many to be one of the most beautiful mountains in the world. It is located in Japan, and plays a big part in the art and culture of that country. Many people climb to the summit each year - one of the oldest was 70 years old!
Finally, my favorite volcano would probably be Mt. Vesuvius. Its violent history and the destruction of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum have always fascinated me.
These are the casts created when plaster was formed into the empty cavities left by Vesuvius' victime of the 79 A.D. eruption.If you want to learn more, one of the best sites on the web is Volcano World.
6 comments:
I think that the Volcanoes are very interesting. Have people been able to go into the volcanoes and get samples and other scientific research to predict volcanic eruptions or is it to hot and to much of a risk?
Mt Fuji is pretty.
Did they do that carbon-14 thing to figure out how old the bodies were?
One of the oldest climber was 70?? wow... How can someone well.. so old climb mt. fuji??
What Sarah??? That is so STUPID!!! jk! Well I think it would be so cool to go go inside a volcano( when its not erupting of coarse!)I think it would be really fun to climb Mt.Fuji, it would be kind of werid and freaky if you see people who died climbing up the mountain though!
I LOVE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING!!! gee
From those pictures my favorite volcanoe was Mt. Fuji. Is there something they can use to date back to when the volcanoe started to form?
idk Will. Maybe they can cut a piece of the volcano out and it will have age lines like trees(or w/e theyre called?)
When i lived in england for 2 and a half years, i went to italy for spring break once. i was only in 2nd grade at the time though, and now realize how truly lucky i was! i hope to go back and visit there, and possible go visit Mt. Vesuvius!
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