Kilauea volcano on Hawaii - the Earth

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Kilauea volcano on Hawaii - the Earths most
active volcano. There is almost always something
to see here.
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Pompeii in ruin with Mt. Vesuvius in the
background A plaster cast of a dog killed by
the pyroclastic material.
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Krakatau erupted in 1883, and produced what may
have been the loudest noise ever heard by man.
The extent of the change the eruption caused is
seen on the map on the right.
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Pelee on the island of Martinique. The pictures
are in black and white. They are original
pictures of the 1902 eruption. Seen on the right
is the nuee ardente type of pyroclastic flow.
Bad news if headed towards you.
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Some of the damage caused by the 1902 eruption of
Pelee. This is the town of St. Pierre, or what
is left of it. 30,000 people were killed, only 2
people survived.
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Paracutin, a cinder cone volcano in Mexico.
First erupted in 1943 in a farmers field. Within
months the area looked like this, and buried a
nearby village.
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Mt. St. Helens eruption of 1980. The blast
leveled forest 27 kilometers away. So much ash
was in the air it turned day into night.
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Some of the damage to the land from Mt. St.
Helens. The volcano is seen in the distance.
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Shown here is how high the lahar was that swept
through this area. Note the evidence on the
trees.
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Pinatubo in the Philippines erupts in 1991,
throwing 27 million metric tons of gas and ash
into the air. Has been called the largest
volcanic eruption last century.