Lava

geological site and is part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The Ercall sometimes known as the Ercall Hill, is a small hill in the county of Shropshire, England. The site includes 540-million-year-old ripple beds and ancient pre-Cambrian lava flows in exposed quarries. There is a M54 motorway near the Quarries, giving it easy access to the Quarries. The motorway was constructed in 1974, near the northern end of the hill. There are Five Quarries in Ercall. Only Quarry One, Two…

Pompeii was covered in ashes after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79. The eruption discharged lava to a height of 33 kilometers. The volcano spewed out hot ash and molten rock at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second. The overall deaths that occurred are unknown but they have discovered over 1500 body remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The screams from all those who were in shock and who were injured crying out to love ones who had lost their life. Misery occurred on the town after the…

My last trip to Hawaii was great, then terrible. There was amazing types of fruit, bananas, mangos, papayas, pineapples. There was beautiful beaches, and the sand under my feet felt amazing. he salt water ocean lapped on feet and dragged the beautiful sand out from under. There was a secret cave that lead to an abandoned beach. I was the only one there, and I found do many cool thing. There were crabs, and giant lobsters. It was my favorite spot on the island, and I went there to take a breath,…

The Yasur volcano is perched on a 1,184 foot high pinnacle overlooking Vanuatu. Every half hour, broiling geysers of basalt spew through its cauldron, a regular geological event that has been normal for centuries. Tourists find this easily accessible archipelago one of the safest and fastest ways to observe the colossal power of volcanoes, since it rarely has dangerous eruptions and can be accessed by vehicles. The primary means of transportation across the island’s dirt roads is by truck, and…

many landforms. Its majestic mountains are arranged a random order. The lakes are crystal clear as it flows down the long windy river. This river is called Yukon river. To the north of foreverland on its island is a volcano. It blasts large amounts of lava from the earth. Foreverlands range displays a…

There are many mysteries the universe holds for us such as new galaxies, planets believed to have atmospheres with the possibilities of life, or even dwarf planets being discovered every day. I chose to write about the dwarf planet Ceres, according to Elizabeth Howell, (Space.com Contributor), “it was first discovered by Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi on Jan. 1, 1801, in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the closest dwarf planet to Earth.” [1] I took a huge interest in finding out…

I t has been more than 70 years since the Mt.Vesuvious disaster rocked Pompeii. On 1944 august 24 a shallow quake shook Pompeii and the volcano started to get magma and erupt. The quake happened 16 years before which messed up the volcano which finally made it heat up magma and erupt Before the Pompeii incident happened people were just sitting around and doing what they do every day. And when the volcano started to erupt they didn’t know what to do because they were unprepared and didn’t…

What would you do if you were in a volcano, Vesuvius or St. helens. Both have things in common but both have many things different. Which one would you want to be in, some volcanoes can be cool some can be destructive and horrible. Would it be worth living by a volcano or not. Vesuvius and St. helens have many things in common like the were both volcanoes and they both erupted. They were both dramatic events for everyone especially the people that lived right next to the volcano. Both of the…

Now is the time where I make the distinction between ancient times and modern times. This distinction is marked by two events which took place in the year of 1609. On July 26 of the year Thomas Harriot, a British astronomer and mathematician, among other things, was the first man to look through a "Dutch truncke", or telescope, at the moon and record what he saw. On July 26, 1609 he recorded his first sketch of the moon. Over the next year and a half he drew another seven sketches and two of…

Hulihe‘e Palace is located in historic Kailua-Kona on Ali‘i Drive. The Palace was originally built out of lava rock during the Kingdom of Hawai‘i on land known as Kalāke‘e, a former residence of Kamehameha the Great. The Palace itself was first home to High Chief John Adams Kuakini, brother of Ka‘ahumanu the favorite wife of Kamehameha, and later home to more members of Hawaiian royalty than any other residence in Hawai‘i. Hulihe‘e Palace consists of six large graciously appointed rooms, two…