“Dante’s Peak” demonstrates the volcano as its star, stealing the spotlight from the obstinate grannies, and the romantic relationship between the heroic volcanologist and the town mayor. The film starts by introducing the terror of how destructive, volcanoes can be. There are two main activities that are associated with this eruption, the bombs, and the ash fall. The introduction, transitions to Dante’s Peak, which is a Composite volcano (Stratovolcano). Dante’s Peak starts indicating signs that an eruption is coming; different types of earthquakes, volcanic activity in the hot springs, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the air, sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the water supply and acidic lake levels. From here, the movie does a really great job of illustrating
