Thursday 19 March 2009
Volcano
I have always found volcanoes intriguing natural phenomena, and my interest was tweaked when an underwater volcano erupted near Tonga in the South Pacific. My attention was already focused there on account of tropical cyclone Ken (now a mid-latitude depression). The link shows an impressive display of ash and steam being ejected from the volcano.
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I just now heard about this volcano on the news but they are saying that the surroundings are not threatened, so it must not be too huge.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures on the bbc breakfast this morning (yesterday if pedantic lol) were amazing...I would love to see a volcano erupt...Just wonder if this underwater one will create any new landmass with the eruption
ReplyDeleteI saw the pics on the news, pretty dramatic! Volcano's are amazing, but sort of scary when you live near them. Living here in Washington, we went thru Mt St Helen's in 1980. There was a loss of many lives and that was sad. I'm only 65 miles from Mt Rainier and they don't say 'if it blows' they say 'when it blows.' It could happen anytime. And unfortunately, thousands of homes, schools & businesses lie in the path of the lahar it will create.
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