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- | ===== Castle located on an extinct volcano ===== | + | ==== Castle located on an extinct volcano ==== |
+ | Trosky Castle is a castle located on an extinct volcano in the Czech Republic. There, a strange volcano with two craters was active 16 million years ago. In the 14th century, a local nobleman ordered two towers erected on its basalt remains, the taller Virgin (57 m) and the lower Baba (47 m). The rocks under the towers were connected by a 15-meter high wall, creating the courtyard of an amazing castle. The fortress towers over the area — it stands on a hill 514 meters above sea level. [([[https:// | ||
- | Trosky Castle is a castle located on an extinct volcano in the Czech Republic. There a strange | + | ==== Magma can be farther from the volcano |
+ | Scientists found that about one-third of volcanoes is about 4 kilometers away from magma chambers. In the case of five volcanoes (two in Japan, two in Indonesia, and one in Mexico), this distance between the cone and the magma chamber that powers it exceeds even 10 kilometers. This discovery was a big surprise; according | ||
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+ | ==== Harmful ash ==== | ||
+ | Exposure to ash can be harmful as it contains crystalline silica, a material that causes | ||
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+ | ==== Mount Pinatubo ==== | ||
+ | The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo eruption 1991 was so massive that it spat more than a cubic mile of material into the air. It also created | ||
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+ | ==== Olympus Mons ==== | ||
+ | The tallest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars. This volcano is 27 kilometers | ||
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+ | ==== Dry craters ==== | ||
+ | Contrary to popular notions spread by Hollywood, volcano craters are usually " | ||
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+ | ==== Mayon ==== | ||
+ | Mayon - an active volcano | ||
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+ | ==== Vesuvius ==== | ||
+ | How many active volcanoes are there on the European continent - not including the surrounding islands? Only one. It is Vesuvius. The rest of Europe' | ||
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+ | ==== Laacher See supervolcano ==== | ||
+ | Taupo supervolcano last erupted about 26,500 years ago. Toba last erupted about 74,000 years ago, Identified explosions of Yellowstone supervolcano occurred 2.1 million, 1.3 million, and 640,000 years ago. Laacher See supervolcano last erupted about 10,930 B.P. or about 13,000 years ago. During this eruption, an area in the Rhine Valley was covered with a 7-meter layer of ash and pumice. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Oræfajökull ==== | ||
+ | Oræfajökull is a volcano in Iceland surrounded by the Vatnajökull, | ||
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