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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
2 k. D7 [+ @/ m  T# c) ]os.tvboxnow.comeruptions. Around 550volcanoes have erupted at least once in historic times, and around 50or 60 are
7 g" ~, Q& x  B4 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbactive each year. On any given day, as many as 10 volcanoesmay be spewing ash or lava somewhere on Earth.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。' E$ F5 n' n4 }
Some volcanoes, such as Mount Etna in Italy, erupt almost constantlyfor years on end. Others, like Mount St. Helens,
/ [" X3 r# C! a7 dos.tvboxnow.comerupt rarely andsometimes extremely destructively. Like Etna and Mount St. Helens, manyof the most dangerous
) _% u1 t! j) n& ^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。and explosive erupters are stratovolcanoes, whichare made of layers of ash and lava from previous eruptions. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 G( G' B- W" N
They tendto be steep-sided cone-shaped volcanoes and often rise strikingly abovethe surrounding landscape.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 j  `3 n" @, F* a! J. c
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Many of the stunning images of eruptions captured from space are ofviolent stratovolcanoes, such as the one above 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。1 x1 \* C; v& K3 h/ H
of Kliuchevskoi, themost active volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. The image abovewas  X: q5 Y+ y- T' E
taken by astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour in 1994, as an eruption was just getting underway. The ash os.tvboxnow.com: P4 b7 F0 |) {. B5 f8 F% s, E4 v" @
plume reached as high as 50,000 feet./ Q" I( m, F) [) V- R9 m

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Augustine Volcano is a 4,100-foot-tall, 7-mile-wide stratovolcano. This eruption was captured by NASA’s Terra ) L4 c6 d6 X6 a2 [
satellite in 2006. Augustine’s dome collapsed in 1883, during its largest historical eruption. It has been erupting for at least 40,000
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Augustine lies in the Cook Inlet at the eastern end of the Aleutian trench which marks the northernmost portion of the Pacific Ring
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ocean crust descends into the molten mantle below, superheated water is squeezed out and rises up to melt the bottom of ( b0 a* s% t: n4 b) ]
the continental crust, creating magma that drives the volcanic eruptions& Y- P7 h8 ~/ t' r. Y

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! S& w! F* }( N公仔箱論壇Astronauts aboard the International Space Station caught a lucky glimpse of the start of this eruption of Sarychev Volcano 8 E4 @  S1 c9 \. S2 p
in the Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan, on June 12, 2009. This was the volcano’s first eruption in 30 years.公仔箱論壇, @; u, ]- d: ~$ H# k' t' Y( l" T

1 _& d8 z! U* k( l" oos.tvboxnow.comThe smooth white cloud, known as a pileus cloud, topping the eruption column may be made of water condensation caused by rising os.tvboxnow.com# X8 R% m  [! U. h
and 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 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。0 i: H: _( u  p4 H  p0 T% K; S
as a pyroclastic flow.
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% \5 Q2 k3 k$ k( L3 ]1 ]$ p; tThis photo sparked a debate among scientists about what caused the hole in the clouds above the eruption. Three possible options came up:
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    * It could have nothing to do with the eruption and simply be caused by the contrast in temperatures between the ocean and the island.
. N4 J0 K' w( a# P7 C+ N    * A shockwave from the eruption could have blown a hole in the cloud deck.- _/ }; Z" M; C! N
    * As the plume rose, air flowed downward along the sides and became warmer and evaporated the clouds.  x3 ?- `0 C4 g' E& e( ], E6 P6 }

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# D, S( x! Z. 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。Alaska’s Redoubt Volcano erupted five times in one night this year after almost three decades of relative quiet. 1 w" a( Y- [1 i7 U! o0 [) \9 d
It continued erupting on and off for weeks afterward. This image was taken by the commercial satellite GeoEye-1 on March 30 when
+ E' z6 h$ a/ T& {8 c- e: F) d 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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Mount Etna is the second tallest volcano in Europe, at almost 11,000 feet. It is one of the most active volcanoes intvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) L( c0 O# ~/ F9 c1 M4 U  ~
the world and is erupting nearly continuously. It is no surprise that there are many great photos of this volcano erupting, including this one tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  B# s7 y: y$ x- r' H/ d
captured by astronauts on the International Space Station in 2002. The lighter colored plumes of smoke on the slope of the volcano in
& k. W7 h' V6 d2 \( N0 |os.tvboxnow.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
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$ B9 p% y3 e) T1 T- dos.tvboxnow.comA NASA astronaut spotted this eruption of Cleveland Volcano from the International Space Station in 2006. The volcano is 5,700 feet high
8 ?3 q+ h7 F, y8 [8 u- [os.tvboxnow.comand claimed the only known eruption-related death in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands in 1944. Its symmetrical, cone shape is typical of stratovolcanoes.- P  U, V" p: L+ C) d/ C; w
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Popoépetcatl, which means “smoking mountain” in the Aztec language, is a very active volcano just 44 miles outside Mexico City.
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 W* p5 _% H( a9 [; \, L
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* v) N" ?+ N1 L5 O+ ^: LThis eruption of Chaitén caldera in Chile was photographed from the International Space Station in May 2008. Volcanism along the - o2 B. i& F; b; d
west coast of South America is the result of subduction of the oceanic Nazca plate beneath the South American plate.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, ~( G+ f# s% G. c. j& k

& \' q, s" X2 `" I( \4 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。Chaitén was last active more than 9,000 years ago. The violent 2008 eruption inundated the small coastal town of Chaitén with ash, pyroclastic
3 D& u4 W* ^& E! Q% c公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 x: U4 E. w$ w6 T9 q. f  Z

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This image of the Sierra Negra volcano in the Galapagos Islands was taken by NASA’s Terra satellite in 2006. Sierra Negra
; l8 P# y. P; y( M; |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。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 4 j$ q! d' d- `; Q$ u
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
8 O5 |' @* w- o% v1 vTVBNOW 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。stationary hot spot, volcanoes are formed. The Hawaiian Islands were formed — and continue forming — the same way.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。( U1 z0 P& i1 d1 p
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) s% T4 h' G) P! {, |# |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. 公仔箱論壇. J; r! p" j# S: j6 ?+ i" Y
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
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causing avalanches of debris into the crater.


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