| Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| sounds of the underground |
it is the volcanologist who attempts to predict location, time, and nature of eruptions, often travelling to witness the event and taking atmospheric and geological readings enabling them to record fact after fact, pre-, during, and post-eruption. erupting volcanoes have both an immediate and lasting effect on their surroundings. the ratio of gas to rock is critical in defining the spread and speed of lava flow as are the sizes of material ejected. volcanoes are categorisable depending on factors such as shape, frequency of activity, and geographical reformation.
some more words: restless >> release >> hot rocks >> bursting >> local transformation >> cooling to form new land >> unusual appearance to the uninitiated >> fertile ground
there are thought to be a handful of volcanoes which are capable of producing an erupitve impact of global proportions. they have access to a vast amount of magmatic material and the time between eruptions is extremely long. yellowstone park is one of these as it sits on top of a moving lake of magma, and the estimated next eruption from this supervolcano is long overdue.
in my opinion, when something like that has been playing catchup for 40,000 years, people should get ready. burble, bubble, splutter boink, fflflflflflflflfl, guggle-flooo... plah, pop, ¬`fffffffllooooooooshhhhhhhh! |
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