Volcanoes

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The Good, The Bad The Hopeless!

• Volcanoes are powerful things. Many erupt nearly
  every day.
• Here is an example of an erupting volcano.

• Karymsky, Kamchatk Peninsula, Russia is where
  this amazing volcano erupts almost every day.

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Russias most active volcano!

• Activity remained similar at Karymwky the
  seismicity suggests that daily eruptions produced
  plumes up to 3.5 km. Between the 12th and 19th
  of April, up to 400 small explosions (gt1.5km
  high) occurred per day one of them was, however,
  large and rose to 4.6 km above sea level. In
  average, 270-470 earthquakes occurred per day
  over the last two weeks!

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The Biggest epuption Ever!
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The Biggest Erruption ever!

• I'm not sure if there is any agreement on the
  largest eruption ever. Almost certainly it was
  some pre-historic eruption from one of the large
  rhyolite calderas that occur in association with
  subduction zones. Some candidates are the Toba
  eruption in Sumatra, the Taupo eruption in New
  Zealand and the Oruanui eruption in New Zealand.

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The Disgrace of Volcanoes!
Some eruptions are relatively quiet, producing
lava flows that creep across the land at 2 to 10
miles per hour. Explosive eruptions can shoot
columns of gases and rock fragments tens of miles
into the atmosphere, spreading ash hundreds of
miles downwind. Lateral blasts can flatten trees
for miles. Hot, sometimes poisonous, gases may
flow down the sides of the of the volcano
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Fire Volcano!
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Some Of The Worst!

• Killer landslides in Venezuela and Mexico.
  Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan.
  Massive floods along the East Coast of the United
  States. Nature has dealt staggering blows to the
  Earth and its people in 1999. But these were not
  the worst disasters of the century, either in the
  power of the events or in the loss of life and
  property that they caused.

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• The costs of natural disasters -- lives lost,
  homes destroyed, economies disrupted -- have
  skyrocketed in this century, as the world's
  population has grown and has moved onto areas
  that are vulnerable to earthquakes, hurricanes,
  landslides, and other natural hazards," said USGS
  Director Chip Groat. "But there is reason for
  hope. By understanding how and where these
  natural events occur, so that we can build and
  live safely on the Earth, and by providing
  real-time information about floods, earthquakes,
  and other hazards, so that we can respond
  effectively when disaster strikes, the USGS is
  helping build stronger, safer communities that
  are resilient to natural disaster.

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Thank you for your time and co-operation!!! By
Rachel Burras