Draco: The Circumpolar Volcano

The Capulin Volcano interestingly enough, is apart of what's known as the Raton-Clayton volcanic field (RCVF), a collected scattering of other volcano's that stretch well over 7,000 square miles. Located in Northeastern New Mexico, the Capulin lies dormante, although some believe extinct, since it's last volcanic activity more than 60,000 years ago. Capulin underwent a rather large eruption that formed its current 1000ft cinder cone shape, which gave way to "a number of small lava flows and cinder eruptions [that] paved over the mound, steepening it's slopes"(NASA, 2016). The base was inital made from the hot ash, cinder, and rock debris of the eruption, and the lava flows themselves were "basalt, deriving from the melting of the mantle" (Sayre and Ort, 2011). Due to

The Raton-Clayton volcanic field is about 20 000 km2 in size, and has been active periodically for the past 9 million years. The area is filled with peaks, cones, and lava-capped mesas. The mesas developed as lava flowed into valleys and depressions, cooled off and formed a resistant top layer over sedimentary rocks. As the surrounding rock eroded, the lava protected the underlying stratigraphy from erosion. This caused todays topography, where that which was once the lowest point, is now the highest. There is some disagreement over why the volcanic field is here, one possible cause is that it is near the end of the Jemez Lineament, which has numerous volcanic centers along its reach, possibly

The Andromeda Constellation is located in the northern hemisphere, it can be seen at latitudes between +90°and -40° and is best visible at 9 p.m. during the month of November. The constellation is, also, home to the Andromeda Galaxy, that resides 2,5 light-years from earth. This constellation is beyond complex, for the myth that names it, as well for being next doors neighbors with it's galaxy, thus my interest in it.

Funding for volcano research will help prevent deaths and injuries during volcanic eruptions. Many times volcanoes have erupted and the people living in the area of the volcano have died because they did not know when it was going to erupt. Eruptions can also cause earthquakes which could cause tsunamis, and nobody wants to go through three natural disasters in one day. Monitoring volcanoes, especially active ones, will help prevent deaths. This is because the people that are living in range of a volcano will have be aware that the volcano that they are living in range of will soon erupt and that they need to move out of the area until it is safe.

I choose to discuss the constellation Draco, or "The Dragon." I choose this constellation because a dragon is perhaps my most beloved and favorite creature of all time, magical or not. This constellation was also featured in my favorite movie of all time, "Dragonheart." Draco was just one of the constellations listed by Ptolemy, a 2nd century astronomer and it is circumpolar, or never setting. Draco consists of fourteen main stars, with its brightest star being y Dra. The constellations lies near Hercules and Ursa Major, in the North.

For no reason I can explain, I have always wanted to go to Hawaii. And once I did it, an urge of living there have been installed inside of me. I know there are a lot of volcanoes (active and inactive ones) around there. But we have to do what our heart asks to, right? A safe way to do it so, is asking a volcano specialist everything I can, so I learn more about the place’s history, the chances of a volcano to erupt, how toxics are the gases coming out of the magma, and the chances of an earthquake to happen.

Volcanic Patterns: There are few volcanoes below about 15 degrees latitude of the Australian Plate. But, starting at about 15 degrees latitude the volcanoes grow more common. Starting around 90 degrees longitude the volcanoes grow quite dense all the way to 0 degrees latitude.

The article, “The 40,000- Mile Volcano,” is very interesting. In it William Broad creates a vivid picture of this extremely long volcano. I can’t imagine a volcano’s vent being 40,000 miles long. That is just mind blowing. That could wrap around the world, at the equator, almost twice. Around the vent, many creatures live there. Those vents are hot enough to melt the plastic windows of submarines. How does an animal’s body adapt to that?

Wizard Island was formed as a result of the big eruption that cuased Mount Mazama about 7700 years ago. This cone consists of a symmetrical cinder cone almost completely encircled by dark, rugged flows of lava. The summit of the cone rises 250 meters above the the lake, and the area of the cone and lavas exposed above water approximates a square mile.

The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano affects thousands of people’s lives in Iceland, and around the world. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano is still active today and has a possibility of future eruptions, The famous volcano is commonly considered a stratovolcano and is seismically monitored. The name Eyjafjallajökull in Icelandic means “Island-mountains glacier.” Like every volcano Eyjafjallajökull affects many people, has a long history and has many hazards.

The bias view of the filmmaker is that it concentrated on the people at the airport instead of the actual eruption. There was only one interview which was held with an adult called Grace Schofield who was a stranded traveller. The filmmaker's point of view is that they only considered the lives of the people in the airport instead of people who got affected by the volcano.

Cinder cone volcanoes (also called scoria cones) is an easily recognized volcano. These volcanoes mainly consist (little in size) loose, grainy cinders which is consisting normally of basaltic and a andesitic material but there is almost no lava. Cinder cones are generally small volcanoes (compared to other volcanoes). They are usually only around a mile across in width and up in height, about 1,000 feet high. They have quite steep sides and will usually have a regularly small crater on the top of the volcano. Often the cinder cones are put into a higher class of volcano (they are a major type of volcano). Cinder cone volcanoes are one the most common volcanoes and they generally what we think of when we think volcanoes. Airborne fragments

Yasur volcano sends up a tremendous explosion of lava and emits a boom so loud that it can be heard from far away.Some have nicknamed it the world's friendliest volcano, although its brutality and occasionally dangerous eruptions of lava and gas would seem to defy that description.Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale says that Yasur volcano has become a popular tourist attraction.Yoram Teitler, a geologist who was a research fellow at the University of Western Australia, said that the volcano, which has been active for hundreds of years, is constantly bubbling, with larger eruptions coming once or twice an hour.Observers can stand about 500 feet from the crater floor. Kelson Hosea, who owns some rental properties near the base of Yasur, said

The cinder cone volcano is the volcano that you see mostly all over the world. Cinder cone volcanoes are a steep volcano like a cone.Cinder cone volcanoes are the most common volcano in the world. They are formed by ash around the vent so it makes it round like a cone. This process is repeated until the cone is formed. It also is built from particles and blobs of congealed lava ejected from a single vent. They can grow up to be a giant cinder cone volcano. Cinders are melted volcanic rock that has cooled and formed pebble-sized pieces when it is thrown out into the air.

The constellation Draco is another circumpolar constellation, which is observable in the Northern Hemisphere from the September equinox to the December solstice. It is a very luminous constellation that consists of four stars resembling a trapezoid. Draco’s constellation consists of various interacting galaxies whose gravitational fields causes disturbances to one another and along with galaxy clusters.