Mount St. Helens

Affects of Volcanoes      The plates which are about 20 miles thick, make up the earth's crust and are a chief cause of volcanic activity. These plates are always in motion. They move very slowly, however some at times bump in to each other. These movements put a lot of pressure on the surface rock. Volcanoes obtain their energies from such movement and pressure. Volcanoes form at the boundaries of these plate where two types of movement occurs, two plates will collide with

Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper and Pandora’s Box Some people are under the idea that myths can only explain how things were created. However, this is disproved by many myths. The myths Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper and Pandora’s Box show that some myths can also teach universal themes. Even though both Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper and Pandora’s box support the theme every cloud has a silver lining, in Loo-Wit the Fire-Keeper the Creator wants peace and harmony with mankind while in Pandora’s Box Zeus wants to punish

Mt. St. Helens stood out beautifully against the blue sky. The mountain had been rumbling quite a bit the past few days, and geologists were watching it carefully and monitoring vibrations. There had been a series of earthquakes from around March 12, up until present day. Over 170 earthquakes hit that were higher that 2.5 on the Richter scale in that short period of time. The earth shook with an earthquake that hit 5.0 on the Richter scale, at around 8:32 in the morning. That did it. Mount St. Helens

Some of the history comes from the destructive volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius and Mount St. Helens. First, in 1978 volcanologists, warned that Mount St. Helens, in Washington State, USA , would erupt before the end of the century. On May 18, 1980, there prediction became true with horrifying consequences. The disaster began with a large earthquake at 8:32 that

The first type of volcano is the “Composite” volcano. This type of volcano has cinders, lava flows and mixed with gravel like sand. “Hollywood” types are easily recognized, many are located in popular areas; Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Fujiyama, and Mount St. Helens. The second type of volcanoes, are “Cinder Cone” volcano. These types of volcanoes are mostly loose, grainy cinders and almost no lava. Cinder Cone volcanoes are

The preposterous phrase; I would never jump out of a perfectly good airplane is a phrase that all of us have heard one time or another. Why do some use that phrase? Several times I recall using it. I know I’ve used it to deflect the truth that I can be quail or lack pure and simple bravery. I would never parachute out of a perfectly working airplane. In fact, I probably would need a courtesy push out of an airplane that was not working properly. Think about it. Chances are that someone you do not

Sarit Laschinsky ESS 211 AC Pacific and Australian Plate Boundary The boundary between the Pacific Plate and Australian Plate is marked by volcanism, earthquakes, and different and unique topography. The border of these two plates is composed of a mix of transform and convergent boundaries along the Eastern edge of the Australian plate, with both divergent and convergent boundaries along the Northern edge. The Australian Plate is moving in a North to Northeastern direction at a speed of approximately

with thick sandstones and conglomerates. During the Quaternary Period: Pleistocene Epoch the eruptive centers that would create Mount Rainier National Park erupted from 7 to 2 Ma. Mount Rainier was built from material erupting from a central vent. A plug of solidified lava now fills this vent and is exposed in the precipitous east wall of Sunset Amphitheater. Although Mount Rainier is the second highest peak in the conterminous United States, the mountain’s peak was once considerably higher than its

"The enemy is fear. We think it is hate, but it is fear," said Gandhi a Civil rights activist in South Africa. Uneasiness is an emotion commonly acquainted with frightening or scary things. Panic was everywhere in the 1980s, from mountains erupting to songs with dancing zombies. Even though in the 1980s technology was booming, MTV was released, Apple releasing their newest computer the Apple III. The technological advancements increased the amount of terror put into peoples lives by giving them a

A Volcano is a mountain or hill that has a crater running through it filled with lava, rocks, gas and hot vapour that will erupt. There are three types of volcanoes, there is the Cinder Cone volcano which is the smallest, the Shield volcano which is in most cases the biggest and the Composite volcano which can be the most deadly. Cinder Cone volcanoes are the smallest type of volcano out of the three, their eruptions are small and they are the most common volcano. They tend to be small hill sized