Kamis, 17 Februari 2011

6 World's Most Active Volcano


Mount berapai indeed can be described as a currency, currency that has two sides, each opposite, on the one hand, the mountain berapai can make the surrounding land became very fertile, but on the other hand, mountain berapai can make a terrifying disaster.

Volcanic eruptions are one of the most terrible disasters, could erupt once menimbukkan deaths of hundreds or even thousands, still remind you guys on the all-powerful eruption of Krakatoa volcano that occurred in 1883, which caused massive damage and casualties in the thousands. Not terrible.

And in this world, there are still many left that are still active volcano that could erupt at any time and claim back thousands of human lives. And according Smashinglist, there are 10 active volcanoes that are considered the most dangerous in the world.

The following is a list of 6 active volcanoes in the world's most dangerous:

1. Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Mauna Loa is the largest volcano in the world (volume and area), with the volume of lava reached about 18,000 cubic miles. Mauna Loa is one of 5 berapai mountains that form the island of Hawaii. Though Mauna Loa is not the highest mountain, but ledakanya is the most dangerous, this is because the content of this volcanic lava mengangdung lot of fluid that can cause severe fires. The mountain last erupted on April 15, 1984.

2. Taal Volcano, Philippines
Taal Volcano is a volcanic complex on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Mount It consists of an island in Lake Taal, which lies within a caldera formed by very strong previous eruption (the process is similar to Lake Toba). Taal Volcano is located about 50 km (31 miles) from the capital, Manila. The volcano has erupted hard several times, carrying one of the most powerful was the explosion in 1991 that killed more than a thousand souls.

3. Ulawun, Papua New Guinea
Ulawun is one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea and one of the most dangerous. Gunug is located in Papua New Guinea Bismarck arc. This mountain has been noted that several times erupted, one of the strongest eruption was in 1980, where Ulawun out ash up to 60,000 feet tall and produce pyroclastic flows that swept all sides of the mountain and devastated it.

4. Mount Nyiragongo, Congo
is one of the most active volcano in Africa, the mountain is always revealing keaktifanya activity significantly. Since 1882, he has erupted at least 34 times. One of the worst eruption was on the stairs 17 September 2002, when the lava flowed down the slopes of Nyiragongo to cover about 40% of the city of Goma and caused nearly 120,000 people homeless.

5. Mount Merapi, Indonesia
And this is the mountain local products, which, incidentally is located not too far from my hometown, Magelang. Mount Merapi is a conical volcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This is the most active volcanoes in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. This mountain has been active since 10,000 years ago. Most of the Merapi eruption involving the collapse of the lava dome continues to flow down ka. And sometimes often accompanied by hot smoke downs (wedhus Gembel) that kecepatanya can reach 120 km per hour.

6. Galeras, Colombia
Galeras volcano has been active for at least a million years. Located in southern Colombia near the border with Ecuador. This mountain is the most active volcano in Colombia. The mountain has been erupting almost every year since 2000. This is dangerous because the unexpected eruption frequency. This eruption of hot lava can cause downs to 3.5 km to the slopes of Galeras volcano. Terkadi last eruption on January 3, 2010, and forced the government to evacuate 8,000 people.

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