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標題: Erupting Volcanoes on Earth as Seen From Space [打印本頁]

作者: bchew    時間: 2009-12-22 08:34 AM     標題: Erupting Volcanoes on Earth as Seen From Space

One of the most violent but beautiful reminders that we live on ageologically restless planet are volcanic 公仔箱論壇6 T; o; S( s- ]* `. \: a- e0 j
eruptions. Around 550volcanoes have erupted at least once in historic times, and around 50or 60 are tvboxnow.com$ c) t; v$ L+ E5 u. E9 V: `
active each year. On any given day, as many as 10 volcanoesmay be spewing ash or lava somewhere on Earth.
! @2 E; H0 n4 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSome volcanoes, such as Mount Etna in Italy, erupt almost constantlyfor years on end. Others, like Mount St. Helens,
6 C% f* E% b# i( M) V公仔箱論壇erupt rarely andsometimes extremely destructively. Like Etna and Mount St. Helens, manyof the most dangerous
3 X9 v1 A7 T' L  M% E, |) [* z8 ztvboxnow.comand explosive erupters are stratovolcanoes, whichare made of layers of ash and lava from previous eruptions.
9 ?3 {: P/ V- z* sThey tendto be steep-sided cone-shaped volcanoes and often rise strikingly abovethe surrounding landscape.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。  [; K$ C& B# Q" o
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Many of the stunning images of eruptions captured from space are ofviolent stratovolcanoes, such as the one above tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 I0 t) k2 A; X; Q- _* |
of Kliuchevskoi, themost active volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. The image abovewas
; ^1 L5 D8 {- {5 Mtaken by astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour in 1994, as an eruption was just getting underway. The ash tvboxnow.com( c0 k! E! R3 N. r' u- p7 I
plume reached as high as 50,000 feet.tvboxnow.com# x# K, P7 O2 s+ d% d
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* C. e! Q% y  Z/ q7 t7 P公仔箱論壇Augustine Volcano is a 4,100-foot-tall, 7-mile-wide stratovolcano. This eruption was captured by NASA’s Terra tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 ?2 J& K* ~, r: S2 p( K
satellite in 2006. Augustine’s dome collapsed in 1883, during its largest historical eruption. It has been erupting for at least 40,000   a& J$ C1 I4 g* q2 C6 S
years. The island’s jagged edges were created by massive avalanches.
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of Fire. Volcanic activity here is caused by the subduction of the Pacific plate beneath the North American plate. As the wet
7 K/ T$ O3 a# e0 U) J2 E5 v5 g# Kocean crust descends into the molten mantle below, superheated water is squeezed out and rises up to melt the bottom of
9 P  ~: r  h0 B2 w$ rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe continental crust, creating magma that drives the volcanic eruptions
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station caught a lucky glimpse of the start of this eruption of Sarychev Volcano
! R/ @) q1 V, k8 g3 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbin the Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan, on June 12, 2009. This was the volcano’s first eruption in 30 years.
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The smooth white cloud, known as a pileus cloud, topping the eruption column may be made of water condensation caused by rising
5 H9 z; U; h- I1 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvband cooling of the air above. In contrast, a dark gray cloud of ash near the ground is probably an avalanche of hot ash and rock known - _8 d! o" s' \$ I' t# @
as a pyroclastic flow.
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This photo sparked a debate among scientists about what caused the hole in the clouds above the eruption. Three possible options came up:TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ \: W" A2 C% g' M6 h8 O7 g6 u6 J

# C3 X! J* p& V/ J% G) v! A    * It could have nothing to do with the eruption and simply be caused by the contrast in temperatures between the ocean and the island.
  S# b! _; p- J    * A shockwave from the eruption could have blown a hole in the cloud deck.
, t0 p" C. w" R    * As the plume rose, air flowed downward along the sides and became warmer and evaporated the clouds.* S. T2 L0 Z0 L3 H' v- M5 L

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Alaska’s Redoubt Volcano erupted five times in one night this year after almost three decades of relative quiet.
* R' w1 j: k+ z/ z( W1 ]/ x9 v  |TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。It continued erupting on and off for weeks afterward. This image was taken by the commercial satellite GeoEye-1 on March 30 when
4 F8 ~$ W+ s/ |4 [8 ITVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 the ash reached heights of 27,000 feet. The volcano’s alert level is still “advisory,” and the aviation color code is yellow.
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Redoubt is a 10,200-foot tall stratovolcano 100 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Range, west of the Cook Inlet.
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Mount Etna is the second tallest volcano in Europe, at almost 11,000 feet. It is one of the most active volcanoes in公仔箱論壇- C) q" L# w2 H& z
the world and is erupting nearly continuously. It is no surprise that there are many great photos of this volcano erupting, including this one
& r; e0 X3 [9 E3 ?9 z) @captured by astronauts on the International Space Station in 2002. The lighter colored plumes of smoke on the slope of the volcano in
+ T, w4 i0 X3 l5 W9 ~$ R$ gtvboxnow.comthis picture are from forest fires ignited by lava.
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Etna is a stratovolcano located on the island of Sicily. It is one of the most studied volcanoes in the world and. at 500,000 years old, it may
4 ~1 j- A! o, A. N1 k* ~tvboxnow.comalso be the oldest-known active volcano.
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A NASA astronaut spotted this eruption of Cleveland Volcano from the International Space Station in 2006. The volcano is 5,700 feet high
- ?6 Z" R8 D7 v2 Z3 Band claimed the only known eruption-related death in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands in 1944. Its symmetrical, cone shape is typical of stratovolcanoes.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, A1 h6 h  j% g7 v) @0 i# o. j

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Popoépetcatl, which means “smoking mountain” in the Aztec language, is a very active volcano just 44 miles outside Mexico City.
7 M* |) C/ t* C+ U# |# L! C  ztvboxnow.comThe second highest peak in Mexico at 17,800 feet, this glacier-covered stratovolcano has erupted at least 20 times in the last 500 years and has caused
0 W4 O# q9 d( I6 Z4 KTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。multiple evacuations of the city. This eruption in 2001 was caught by astronauts on the International Space Station, near the end of a seven-year period
+ n0 p" c3 w$ ^6 p+ LTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。of frequent activity. The plume reached heights of around 30,000 feet.
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% S3 B9 |% `- @6 i0 j/ c: }3 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis eruption of Chaitén caldera in Chile was photographed from the International Space Station in May 2008. Volcanism along the tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ {3 k4 f- J: t+ R
west coast of South America is the result of subduction of the oceanic Nazca plate beneath the South American plate.- J) F+ Z; C' L; ?  m7 |! r

3 h' M4 A0 ^+ w/ S9 |1 `Chaitén was last active more than 9,000 years ago. The violent 2008 eruption inundated the small coastal town of Chaitén with ash, pyroclastic % n3 d& a4 F; Q6 W. @
flows and volcanic mudflows called lahars. The caldera is relatively small at less than two miles wide, and sits on the flank of the larger Michinmahuida volcano.公仔箱論壇+ @# s6 L" |" I

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3 V) Y% C9 h7 G公仔箱論壇This image of the Sierra Negra volcano in the Galapagos Islands was taken by NASA’s Terra satellite in 2006. Sierra Negra 8 O; P( P% Y& D. Z
is a shield volcano, which are made mostly of previous lava flows and tend to be broad and gently sloping. The Galapagos are part of an island chain 9 p5 J6 ^5 e6 }* b  c  u4 p% p, o% @
formed by a hot spot where a plume of hot mantle rises up and melts the base of the ocean crust. As the Pacific plate moves over the relatively tvboxnow.com: l/ `0 s2 o; X( ^
stationary hot spot, volcanoes are formed. The Hawaiian Islands were formed — and continue forming — the same way.
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NASA’s Terra satellite snapped this image of Shiveluch volcano erupting on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula at the edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire in 2004. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 ]+ {, R8 e8 V! ?6 |, B
A lava dome had been growing in the volcano’s crater, followed by intermittent eruptions that lasted weeks. Shiveluch is a 10,400-foot-high stratovolcano tvboxnow.com9 _* g9 ]# p, o! e
that is at least 60,000 years old and has been erupting fairly often for the past 10 years. Its dome has collapsed multiple times, most recently in 1964,
7 i( R& X+ q; e; i: H5 d公仔箱論壇causing avalanches of debris into the crater.


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