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    Young Volcanoes- an Analysis Young Volcanoes is the ninth song on the album Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy. It was released on April 12, 2013 along with the rest of the album. This song was written for the youth that listens to their music. It explains the feeling of being free and young. There are many poetic elements in this song. The figurative language in this song creates a feeling of confidence and freedom. The first metaphor, and also symbolic figure, is, “When Rome’s in ruins, we…

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    lasted 18-20 hours, and left huge amounts of volcanic ash and rock in the air, blanketing the sun and turning day into night. As the cloud collapsed, it triggered the second phase- the Peléan phase, where pyroclastic flows of andesite rock, and molten lava engulfed Pompeii, and Herculaneum. These cities were buried in fine ash, pumice, and pyroclastic deposits, while a toxic cloud of gas descended upon Pompeii (History.com staff, 2009). Around 2,000 died from the eruption, either from…

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    Mauna Loa Research Paper

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    1950 Volcano eruption in Mauna Loa The eruption in 1950 had caused a lot of damage to the city of Hilo. The city of Hilo is now built on the old lava that had flowed from the volcano. The volcano of Mauna Loa is located in Hawaii. There’s not many organisms like people or even animals that live near the volcano because, they now know that the volcano is active. The volcano rises about 13,680 ft above sea level. It is obviously very hot near the volcano because it has magma in it that is about…

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    Mt. Pinatubo Case

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    On June 15, 1991, Mt. Pinatubo erupted. Volcanologists successfully predicted the eruption and issued a warning ahead of time, which allowed minimal casualties. The stakes for failing to predict an eruption accurately are high. If one fails to predict an eruption and it happens then lives and property can be lost; however, if one does predict and eruption and it does not happen then one’s personal reputation can be damaged or destroyed. In the case of Mt. Pinatubo, the U.S. volcanologists…

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    Pacific Ocean. Mount St. Helen's was created when the oceanic Jean de Fuca plate subducted beneath the North American Plate and has a long history of eruptive periods followed lengthy dormancies. Her volcanic activity was marked by thousands of years of lava and pyroclastic flows only to fall silent and then reawaken to begin her destructive cycle again. In the 1800's, Louwala-Clough fell silent, all signs of volcanic activity blanketed beneath her snow capped peak for over one hundred years…

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    Outline About Volcanoes

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    Many geologists find the main categories of volcanoes including cinder cones, composite, shield, and lava domes are essential aspects of understanding the structure of volcanoes. Topic #1: The Explanation of Volcanoes 1. “A volcano is a rupture in the Earth’s crust which allows magma/ash/gases to escape from beneath the surface. When magma reaches the surface of the Earth, it is called lava” (). 2. Volcanoes happen around the frame of tectonic plates, causing the plates to move away or crash…

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    Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano, located on the West coast of Italy, on the Gulf of Naples and is the only active land volcano in Europe. Mount Vesuvius is 4,190 feet above sea level and is about 50km around its base (figure 1). It is over 17,000 years old and the last eruption occurred in 1944 which was during the Second World War. The volcano is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that damaged many houses and killed many people in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Furthermore, it is…

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    remains low. We also started to enter the Modern Trade, which till now was not explored by the company and started with an exclusive distributor for smaller modern trade stores. This distributor later also helped in selling of Compact Fluorescent Lamps in huge volumes. These efforts also attracted 5 Havells Galaxies in the region, all products exclusive Havells…

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    corners and meet at the top of the lamp. We see several victims of the bombing, some dead some living, a large, white linear shape in the background, an abstract horse and a disfigured bull. Although the focus is concentrated on the heart of the painting, Picasso directs a greater measure of the eye from the bottom, right corner to the top left corner where there is a lady holding her child. The shading of the horses’ neck suggests that it is…

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    19th Century Ironclads

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    The 19th century was one of the greatest times of change and innovation in history. Inventions that changed the world sprung up left and right. Almost all significant inventions of this time period are still around today. One of the greatest weapons of war in its time was the ironclad. Ironclads were steam powered warships protected by iron or steel plating. they were first used successfully in the mid 19th century. ironclads were designed for several roles such as: dominating sea battles,…

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