Norval Gilmer Analysis

The scene is first set up through the personification of the sun. The poet uses interesting diction and phrases, such as “dipping” and “geometries” to describe nature. The sun is described with human characteristics, “build[ing]” these “geometries and orchids” and “riding/The last tumultuous avalanche”. It is like an almighty being that is capable of anything, including the controlling of nature. The poet wants to portray nature as a hidden yet powerful force that should not be seen as a simple concept. Contrasts,

Volcanoes are one of the most destructive, yet, most beautiful things on Earth. They can make a famous city choke in its own ashes in one day, like Pompeii. Or they can turn a once damaging mountain into a graceful and peaceful home for new life, like Mount St. Helen’s. All volcanoes are unique, and no two are the same. Some erupt differently than others, some look different than others, and all are located in different spots all over the world. I learned this while completing the project and the five volcanoes I researched are examples of my discoveries. The five volcanoes I researched were Mount Hood, Mount Mageik, Long Island, Mount Muria, and Las Pilas.

“For the first time on the expedition the vista was primarily sky rather than earth. Herds of puffy cumulus raced beneath the sun, imprinting the landscape with a shifting matrix of shadow and blinding light.”

exciting tell all, focused on the eruptions of Nevado Del Ruiz and Galeras in Northern and

Ring of Fire volcanoes circle the Pacific Ocean. The horseshoe shaped circle is 40,000 km (25,000 miles) long. It has 452 volcanoes with 75% of the world's active volcanoes in the circle. Geologists use the term Ring of Fire to define the volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean. Did you know that most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located underwater, along The Ring of Fire. the ring of fire includes more than 450 volcanoes. It stretches for almost 25,000 miles, in the shape of a horseshoe (as instead to an actual ring) from the southern tip of South America, along the west coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, down through Japan, and into New Zealand. The ring of fire has more than 75% of the world's volcanoes

The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics. Much of the volcanic activity occurs along subduction zones which are convergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates come together. The heavier plate is shoved (or subducted) under the other plate. When this happens, melting of the plates produces magma. The magma rises up through the overlying plate, erupting to the surface as a volcano.

The Ring of Fire is a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. Roughly 90% of all earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire, and the ring is dotted with 75% of all active volcanoes on Earth. The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics. The Ring of Fire has long been an active site for earthquakes and volcanoes because of the active plate boundaries. Mountain ranges in the Ring of Fire, produced by subduction of one plate under another include the Andes Mountains of South America. The Ring of Fire has also produced three-quarters of all the world’s volcanoes.

The next day the explosions were louder and could be heard as far away as 2600 km. The ash veil was spreading out over a vast extending as far as western Java. In spots within 600 km of the volcano the sky remained pitch dark for 1 or 2 days, the hot was reported to be extremely hot and then cold. A “nitrous” odor was noticeable as far west as Batavia (Stothers, 1984).

A volcano is a cone-shaped mountain with serious destructive capabilities. Volcanoes are created when magma from the Earth’s mantle comes up from the ground to the surface and spews lava which solidifies and over time, the volcano increases in size. Tectonic plates are the reason for this, as

Imagine hiking up a dormant volcano and all of a sudden the volcano starts to rumble What’s the cause? The cause of the volcano occur when an underground chamber overflows creating an explosion out the top of the volcano. Volcanoes can have effects on the land and its people.

Magma can also push up under the middle of a lithosphere plate, though this is much less common than magma production around plate boundaries. This interplate volcanic activity is caused by unusually hot mantle material forming in the lower mantle and pushing up into the upper mantle. The mantle material, which forms a plume shape that is from 500 to 1000 km wide, wells up to create a hot spot under a particular point on the earth. Because of the unusual heat of this mantle material, it melts, forming magma just under the earth's crust. The hot spot itself is stationary; but as a continental plate moves over the spot, the magma will create a string of volcanoes, which die out once they move past the hot spot. The Hawaii volcanoes were created

Volcanoes: these powerful forces of nature are some of the most dangerous landforms on our planet, but how do they work? We investigated just that in our final unit of the year, which focused primarily on volcanoes and their many varying features. What differences do volcanoes have, and how do these differences provide clues about what happens beneath the Earth’s surface? These are the questions we asked during this unit, and we uncovered many fascinating answers through texts, films, and activities.

The Ring of Fire is a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific where always have mounts of number of volcanic eruptions occurrence.

Volcanoes have been a part of Earth’s geologic timescale for as long back as we can look. The people of ancient Greece believed the fumes were the fiery breath of a monster, held captive under a mountain by the almighty God, Zeus. The Romans were convinced the God of Blacksmith, Vulcan, was working diligently in his personal forge crafting the weapons of the Heavens. Some civilizations even feared volcanoes, with the idea that they were the passage way to the underworld, a hell here on Earth. If volcanoes really were the passage way to the underworld, Earth is not the only place hell resides. In 1988 the Voyager space probe sent back revealing data of one of Jupiter’s moons, Io. Erupting sulfur and other volcanic gases, scientist soon realized that volcanoes could be found not only on this Jupiter moon but also in numerous places and on other planets throughout our solar system. These volcanoes, like the ones found on earth, also contributed to the shaping of their own atmosphere and other geological landmarks. Volcanoes impacted the form and chemical properties of Earth’s exteriors, but also play a role in unlocking the secrets of our planet’s interior as well. Volcanoes can help create magnificent landmarks such as the famous Hawaiian Islands, and they can destroy man’s creation like the city of Pompeii. There are a lot of questions on Volcanoes we have yet to answer, but there is one thing we know for sure, we can never know enough. Our survival may depend on it.

Hidden among jagged rock towers and ancient pines turned into crystal sculptures by winter's hand, Phenix settled into the soothing waters of a hot spring. Tendrils of steam rose from the surface of the water to merge with ice-kissed air. The sea of silvery white clouds overhead veiled the oasis from those gathered on different peaks to watch the dawn of a new day.