“So, we needed another explanation why there have been so many volcanoes on Australia’s east coast.” Many of the volcanoes that form in Australia are one-off events, he said. “Rather than huge explosions like Krakatoa or Vesuvius, or iconic volcanoes like Mou...
Science Explains Why Volcanoes Are Erupting All over the Place Right Now (Posted 2014-09-29 17:55:18)Wylie, Robin
Not all earthquakes are related to volcanoes, but in the case of Kilauea, the movement of magma puts pressure on the tectonic plates below. The pressure causes the rocks around it to crack, and magma seeps into the cracks, building even more pressure. Every time the rock cracks, it makes...
Why do volcanoes become dormant?More Time Spent Dormant than Erupting:For most of its life prior to extinction, a volcano is in a dormant stage where it does little more than stand as a mountain or large hill in the landscape. When it wakes, it erupts. Eruptions can involve spewing lava...
Gljufrabui waterfall is one of Iceland's best kept secrets. Despite being close to Seljalandsfoss, Gljufrabui waterfall many are unaware of its sheer beauty!
we have observed bursts of radio energy from the planet's surface.These bursts are similar to what we see when volcanoes erupt on Earth.So this too suggests ongoing volcanic activity.But, although this is intriguing evidence, no one's actually observed a Venus volcano erupting yet, so we can...
Erupting into space. An 86-mile-high volcanic plume explodes above the horizon of Jupiter’s moon Io. The plume is erupting over a caldera (volcanic depression), named Pillan Patera, after a South American god of thunder, fire, and volcanoes. Galileo, June 28, 1997. ...