volcanoes

     

Guatemala's scenic Lake Atitlan is surrounded by inactive ones of these

Trivia about volcanoes

  • Examples of this explosive phenomena on Mars include Ascraeus Mons & Pavonis Mons
  • The Mother & the Father are two active ones of these on New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago
  • The high islands like Viti Levu in the Fiji group & Kao in the Tonga group were formed by these
  • Scientists figure the earliest atmosphere on Earth was from gases emitted by these
  • On the explosivity index for these, Krakatoa got a 6 but Tambora in 1812 rated a 7
  • Marked in red on the map are these geographic features; at any given time, about 20 of them are extremely active
  • Spiders are among the earliest island colonists after these create a new environment, as at Krakatoa
  • It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs
  • Turn on the lava lamp for Pele, a Polynesian goddess of these geographic features
  • It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs
  • The 3 main classifications of these are active, dormant & extinct