Volcanoes In Costa Rica

Visiting a different island in the Caribbean each summer has always been a family tradition of mine. The first few years never failed to make me fall in love with each and every one of them, but once my family suggested on visiting Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the eighth year, my thoughts were not so hyped. Going to the same sea each year can get old and boring. When we finally got to Punta Cana, falling in love was too short of a term to describe what I felt for it. As soon as we landed we were greeted with songs and happiness all around. The nobleness lingering in the atmosphere, coconut smell in the air, and architecture went beyond my imagination.

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.

Human habitation can be traced back more than 10,000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim¢¢n on September 18, 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas, there were probably no more than 20,000 indigenous inhabitants They lived in several autonomous tribes, all with distinct cultures and customs. Costa Rica 's only major archaeological site is at Guayabo, 30 miles east of San Jos‚‚, where an ancient city, dating back to 1000 B.C. and though to

Costa Rica has a narrow Pacific coastal region that rises abruptly into central highlands. The highlands, forming the rugged backbone of the country, descend much more gradually toward the generally wider Caribbean (Atlantic) Plain. The Pacific coast is generally lowland in character, and, like the Caribbean coast, it is lined with white sandy beaches. The country has made use of its

Being one of Costa Rica’s most viewed attraction there is wide range of activities that people there do like hiking on the mountains there also rivers were fishing and kayaking are done at.

Seagulls flying in the sky on top of the golden sandy beach. Palm trees stand tall and strong. This is Hawaii, home to the great Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on earth. It is also one of the five volcanoes that created the beautiful island known as Hawaii. This shield volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the world! The name Mauna Loa means “Long Mountain” in Hawaiian. Whenever this giant volcano erupts, it's usually extremely hazardous, threatening its surroundings. Mauna Loa may be very large and dangerous, but it is quite fascinating!

While there was so many different volcanos to choose from I chose the Calbuco volcano because it was erupted very recently. Calbuco is a 6,570 foot high active stratovolcano located in Los Lagos, Chile. Its coordinates are 41°19′48″S 72°37′06″W. The closest populated area to the volcano is Puerto Varas which is located about 23.1 miles southwest of the Calbuco volcano as you can see in the google image below.

Kilauea volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Kilauea means spreading or spewing for its frequent lava flows (USGS, 2014). It is a shield volcano that locates on the southern of the Big Island in the Hawaii island chain at 19o25’16” N-155o17’13” W with the elevation of 4190 feet above the sea level. The island chain forms by the movement of the Pacific plate over the stationary hot spot (Bagley, 2014). Kilauea is the youngest volcano due to its location on the most southern where a hot spot is very active (Volcano discovery, 2014).

Cuba's impressive ecosystem consists of natural biosphere reserves, fauna refuges, and crystal clear lagoons, to rolling mountains, rainforests, and the world’s second pristine coral reef. Nevertheless, the island nation tops two of the travel industry's most disparate lists; the shrinking lists of Emerging Destinations, and the list of Endangered Destinations at risk of retaining its rich cultural heritage in the face of increased

In the far land of evil there was a volcano, no other volcano compared to this one. This volcano was filled with positive and negative particles. Whenever some of the particles goes missing, it send volcanic lightning into the the sky. The Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile was a kind of it’s own. It housed a powerful god named Ignis, he has very strong anger issues that only trigger when his positive particles go missing. One day, Ignis left his volcano to go scope out the exterior of the volcano to make sure that was in good condition. While he was gone Ignis’s brother, Tempus, heard that Ignis wasn’t in his volcano. This was the perfect time for Tempus to sneak in.

The mauna loa is located on the south central part of hawaii. The mauna loa is one of the five volcanoes that form the island of hawaii. The mauna loa is considered the largest volcano on Earth. It is estimated that mauna loa is about 600,000-1,000,000 years old and is about 13,678 ft tall above sea level and about 56,000 ft front the seafloor to the top. The mauna loa was created as the pacific tectonic plate moved over the hawaii hot spot just like all volcanoes in hawaii. The lava produced in the mauna loa is silica-poor and it is very fluid.The lava is also considered non-explosive.

Puyehue volcanoe was gushing lava in Chile eruption on Saturday 4 June 2011 following 51 years of inactivity. On the 3th June a seismic swarm happened with 1450 quakes enlisted at the volcano of gushing lava, related with magma development under the fountain of liquid magma. The seismic tremors has a concentration of 2-5 km profundity on the southeast flank of the fountain of liquid magma. On Saturday fourth of June the well of lava alarm was raised to level RED after a checked increment in seismic movement. The dangerous ejection at Puyehue well of lava started on Saturday fourth June delivering a 10 km high fiery debris section. More than 600 individuals were emptied from the range. Volcanic fiery debris fell in the city of

The Nevado Del Ruiz is a volcano located on the border of the department of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia also. Nevado is known as a stratovolcano which has been formed to make of multiple layers of lava alternating with a hardened volcanic ash and other pyroclastic substances. This currently active volcano has been known to be active for 2 million years and has had three major eruptive periods. With the current cone formed during the present eruptive period this roughly began 100 thousand years ago. The Nevado usually erupts Plinian eruptions, which is a dangerous rapid moving currents hot gasses and rocks which is known as pyroclastic flows. With these types of eruptions it normally causes massive amounts of mud and debris flows which are

We left the San Jose area, having met and slept there for the first evening. We traveled to our first birding area at Carara, Costa Rica. Shortly before we arrived at Carara, we crossed the Tarcoles River on the bridge that our guide Chito informed us was referred to as the Gringo Bridge. A couple of days later as we were heading from Carara to Tempisque, we stopped at the bridge and took a look around. Chito told us more about the bridge and why it was referred to as the Gringo Bridge. While there were a few birds around, the main residents here were 10-12 foot-long crocodiles. He said that the locals would occasionally toss chickens down to the crocodiles, but once a year they would toss a gringo (a North American) down also. Fortunately

Costa Rica has over 200 volcanic formations, of which 112 have shown some activity in the recent times and 60 volcanoes are considered dormant that is they have shown no sign of activity in recent times, but could become active again. Arenal is the most active volcano of Costa Rica, while Irazu is the tallest. Costa Rica is also home to Poas, the second widest volcanic crater in the