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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language. The word can be analysed as follows: Pneumono: from ancient Greek (πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs; ultra: from Latin, meaning beyond; micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, meaning small looking, referring to the fineness of ...
A Vulcanian eruption is a type of volcanic eruption characterized by a dense cloud of ash-laden gas exploding from the crater and rising high above the peak. They usually commence with phreatomagmatic eruptions which can be extremely noisy due to the rising magma heating water in the ground. This is usually followed by the explosive clearing of ...
Mýrdalsjökull is subject to large jökulhlaups when the subglacial volcano Katla erupts, roughly every 40 to 80 years. The eruption in 1755 is estimated to have had a peak discharge of 200,000 to 400,000 m 3 /s (7,100,000 to 14,100,000 cu ft/s). The Grímsvötn volcano frequently causes large jökulhlaups from Vatnajökull.
Eldvörp–Svartsengi (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛltˌvœr̥p–ˈsvar̥(t)sˌeiɲcɪ]); "fire cones–black meadow" in Icelandic also Svartsengi volcanic system) is a volcanic system in the southwest of Iceland on the Southern Peninsula, southeast of Keflavík International Airport and north of the town of Grindavík. Made up of fissures ...
It is the only volcano in the world where visitors can take an elevator and safely descend into the magma chamber. The magma that would filled the chamber drained away, revealing the void beneath the surface. [4]
For comparison the volcano Anak Krakatoa eruption in 2018 was also rated as a VEI-4 event. [4] [5] [3] The 1778 eruption of Raikoke was the largest of the recent volcanic events destroying the upper third of the island. [6] The only known fatalities from the eruptions was during the 1778 eruption when fifteen were killed from falling lava bombs ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico City International Airport on Tuesday said airlines have canceled 22 domestic and international flights to carry out safety checks after planes encountered ash from ...
The offshore volcanoes have produced 15 different tephra layers in the region. [10] The volcano erupted for a 30 odd year period ending in 1240 CE. [11] In 1226 CE an explosive eruption off Reykjanes produced about 0.1 km 3 (0.024 cu mi) of tephra with deposits up to 100 km (62 mi) away. [12]