Mount Agung or Gunung Agung (Great Mountain) is located at the highest point on the beautiful island of Bali, a province of Indonesia. Mount Agung is exceptionally steep and almost completely barren on top. From afar it appears unassumingly innocent and perfectly dome-shaped, with the exception of a 1706 by 1230 foot open volcanic crater. Highly regarded by its villagers, Mount Agung controls the surrounding areas by influencing the climate through water absorption from incoming western clouds. This keeps the western area of Bali luxurious and green while the eastern area remains dry and infertile. Mount Agung is located on the eastern side of the island sloping north east towards the Bali Sea. To the southwest there is a row of small extinct volcanic cones, and towards the northwest the volcano is separated by a narrow valley from Mount Batur. It is believed, by the Balinese, to be a replica of Mount Meru a holy mountain in Hindu as well as Buddhist cosmology. Myth has it that Mount Agung is a part of Meru that was carried by the earliest Hindus to Bali. On the slopes of the mountain also lies Bali’s stunning Besakih Temple. Although this sounds like it could be a scenic getaway on a beautiful island, much like Hawaii, the Bali islanders will never forget the mass destruction caused by Mount Agung’s last recorded volcanic eruption in 1963-64.
A daily reminder of this devastation is the fact that Mount Agung remains an active volcano which continues to burp smoke and ash.
With no prolonged periods of inactivity the volcano has continuously built up on itself. The last major eruption took place in 1790 and killed many people and animals, but numbers are unknown4. Starting in 1983 there was a chain of several eruptions that started and have yet to stop pushing lava through a lava tube till it reaches the Pacific Ocean. Over a span of twenty year the flow has
Have you ever been near a volcano when it erupted? Most of us haven't, but if you're unlucky enough, you just might have. Many people think it would be cool, but it is indeed not. In fact, the people of Pompeii were very unlucky when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Nearly two-thousand people died. Although that eruption was very similar to the 1980 eruption of Saint Helens, it was also very different.
This paper will provide information on the volcanoes of Hawaii, where it is known to be the home of one of the world’s largest volcanic islands, merely second to Iceland. It is not just the beautiful landscapes and wildlife that spark the interest to this particular area, but the uniqueness of the Hawaiian volcanoes and islands themselves are what make the area so significant. There will be information spanning from the history of the origin of the islands to how Hawaii must adjust to the volcanic hazards in order to keep the area livable. With these ideas in mind, I will first address background information on the area and set the scene as to what makes this area so special. Then I will transition to the history of how the
Something beautiful can also be dangerous, as like the darkness can have phenomenal results. Volcanoes are one example of nature’s beauty, they can be fascinating, exciting, magnificent, but they can also be catastrophic. Their hazard eruptions put many lives at risk, destroying properties, places, and can disrupt air quality. The list of volcanoes is huge, there are three groups of them, dormant, extinct and active volcanoes. From the latter group there are about 500 in the entire world. Although both Mt. St Helens and Mt Pinatubo are two of the most significant volcanoes in the world, they have some characteristics that show their differences and similarities between both of them.
Today I arrived at Haleakala National Park to visit for two days. This island is located on the east side of Maui, Haleakala is 33,233 acres. Haleakala means, “House of the Sun” in Hawaiian. Every year Haleakala has over 1.4 million visitors. This year I am one of the lucky visitors to explore this National Park. Made up of a volcano, mountains and beaches this is going to be an adventure so I’m keeping a journal about my adventure at Haleakala National Park. The park is divided into two areas, the summit and coastal Kipahulu area. I will journal about the elevation of the summit and the coastal area Kipahulu.
When I looked straight up, two, majestic peaks stared into my eyes. They were the same but different; one peak sat lower, he seemed to look up to his older brother. At the same time, the peaks were of the same stature, they both looked like chocolate-dipped waffle cones that sat upside down. The peaks were surrounded by glistening, white puffs of cotton candy that only on occasion moved for me to see. They were shy, but when the clouds parted they were the only things that my eyes wanted to observe. The volcano was quite grand and stood its ground, it was immovable. Its base was like an ancient oak tree that had rooted itself deep into the fertile ground. Arenal and its twin peaks were the eyes of God that
Mount Baw Baw is a mountain that belongs to a Great Dividing Range, situated in Victoria, Australia. Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort is an unincorporated range of Victoria which is part of the Shire of Baw.
It goes on to explain some of the Europeans to first record the sighting of the mountain which happened May nineteenth seventeen ninety-two during the surveying of the northern Pacific Ocean. It was named by Vancouver for a British diplomat, "1st Baron St. Helens," on October twentieth seventeen ninety-two, but before this local Indians had already named it louwala-clough or smoky mountain. In eighteen twenty-nine Hall J. Kelley led a campaign and planned to rename this mountain and all others after one of the United States president, he had tried to rename Mt. St. Helen to Mount Washington. As horrible as the explosion in May og nineteen eighty claimed lives the paper says if the explosion had waited just one day later on Monday rather Sunday when all the people were at work such as loggers they believe the death poll would have been much more higher. A second eruption was noted to had occurred on may twenty-fifth, noone was thankfully hurt and a rather popular film was then created named The Eruption of Mount St. Helen. After all that occurred with the volcano and all it put everyone through president Ronald Reagan in nineteen eighty-two established the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, which still to this day remains a famous natural laboratory for the study of earth processes,nature, and catastrophes. The volcano and the area surrounding still have a long way to go before it recovers and has all the things it had
After more then 40,000 years of activity, one would expect that people would no longer live in the surrounding shadow of Mt. St. Helens. But regardless, many towns and cities sit inside of a zone that would face destruction if a large eruption took place. In 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupted and caused the loss of many lives and the destruction of thousands of miles of land and property. Following the eruption, the volcano has stayed extremely active. In 2004 it erupted again, building a new lava dome and sending ash and steam into the atmosphere. Since then, seismologists and volcanologists have recently discovered pockets of magma rising and that another eruption may occur soon. Even though the people of Washington know that an eruption could cause widespread devastation they continue with their lives, doing little to prepare for the potential disaster.
The blast was preceded by two months of intense activity that included over 10,000 earthquakes, hundreds of small phreatic (steam blasts) , explosions and the north side bulge. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake below the volcano at 8:32 am started the eruption. MSH is still a potentially dangerous and active volcano even though it has been quiet since 1995. In the last 515 years there have been four major eruptions and dozens of lesser eruptions. Two of the eruptions were only two years apart. In 1480, the eruption was about five times larger than the one in May 1980. There have been even larger eruptions during MSH' 50,000 year lifetime. After the May 18, 1980 eruption, there have been five smaller explosive eruptions over a five month period. Since then, there have been 16 dome building eruptions through October 1986 when the new dome in the crater was formed. As the mountain was torn open, the pressure in inside was suddenly relieved. The rock shattered inside the mountain was exploded out the top at speeds over 200 miles per hour. The blast was so strong that it leveled whole forest of fir trees. Geologist call this a "stone wind" since the winds carried the rocks form the blast with them. The rocks gave the winds extra force that let them flatten the trees. 150 square miles of land was leveled. The edges of this area also lost their forested areas from the heat of the blast and the fires it caused. The original blast of the
The first cautionary signs start at 6:12pm yesterday evening. At time when a tower of black smoke was speckled over the volcano. Suddenly, a wave of remains of burning ash, rocks and gasses start to fall down over the North
The key geological features played a significant role in creating Waimanalo. Waimanalo was formed by a catastrophic landslide from the Nuuanu Pali all the way down to the coast and to the ending of Makapu`u. Under the water lay debris and material from this landslide. In the 1960’s, the US Navy first found out about this information by a single-beam sonar surveying a utilized improved radio navigation system. In the 1980’s, a multibeam side-scan sonar, GLORIA, imaged in unprecedented detail known landslides, and also discovered new ones. Then finally, came the JAMESTEC multibeam profiler which surveys and utilized GPS navigation, produced detailed maps of the entire landslide for the first time.
“A’ole TMT, aloha aina.” Today, Hawaiians are facing a huge impact on their culture and beliefs. Astronomers and scientist want to destroy Mauna Kea ( hawaiian sacred temple) so they can be ne’ele (nosey) and explore our solar system. Mauna Kea is located on our youngest island; Hawaii. Mauna Kea is a descendant of the sky father (Wakea) and the mother earth (Papa Hanau Moku.) As our sacred temple is in the process of being destroyed our the people hawaii chant “E iho ana o luna. E pi`i ana o lalo. E huli ana na moku. E ku ana ka paia”. In english this chant says, “we will stand together high and low and fight for our island until we are all united as one nation.” Many native hawaiians are getting arrested for standing up for what they believe in. Some police officers cry on the scene because as much as they want to be with their people chanting and protecting the aina up at Mauna Kea, they have to be the ones arrest their own people. According to national geographic, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world. This dormant volcano stands at 32,696 ft- causing it to be the highest point in the United States and a potential site for the thirty meter telescope. ( para 2) Although the thirty meter telescope has been in the process for
This 14,411 foot active volcano is hiked by thousands. To reach the summit, there’s a vertical elevation gain of more than 9,000 feet over a distance of eight more miles. Climbers who don’t reach the summit completely have to descend to lower elevations because of bad weather, strong winds, or altitude illnesses. The youngest to make it to the summit was a 7 year old girl, and the oldest person to make it was an 81 year old man. There are
Mount Tambora is classified as a stratovolcano in Sumbawa, Indonesia. A stratovolcano is a cone-shaped volcano built up of many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. As a matter of fact, the volcano’s elevation is 9350’ and the volume is 160 cubic kilometers. Not to mention, Mount Tambora lies on the coordinates of 8.2479° S, 117.9911° E. The diameter of the volcano is about 38 miles.