Sentences with phrase «side of a volcano»

As a result of the quake, a 2,000 - cubic - kilometer section of the southeast side of the volcano moved seaward, achieving a maximum speed of six centimeters a day before coming to rest.

Should Saint Helens blow again, Pallister doesn't expect a repeat of the devastation: «There are no longer people living on the north side of the volcano, where the action is,» he says.

The Arenal Volcano tour transports guests to the active northwest side of the volcano.

The tour begins with a hike and depending upon which side of the volcano the lava is flowing, we go either to the trail «Los Tucanes» at the National Park or Mirador El Silencio.It is possible to observe a great variety of plants, wildlife, magnificent lava rock formations and the Arenal Lake just in time for sunset!

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the fracture was located on the eastern side of the volcano.

Simultaneously, eruption of terrain - hugging debris flows of red - hot lava blocks, ash and gases (pyroclast flows or nuées ardentes), tore down the flanks devastating large areas on the north and south sides of the volcano.

It is located on the south - west side of the volcano and just 20 minutes from the near by town of La Fortuna, Costa Rica.

On the western side of this volcano is what looks like a farmhouse, but there is a Pokemon Center there suggesting it could also be a Gym.

Single females dig cell - like nests nearly 30 centimeters into the side of the volcano, where they lay their eggs.

That was followed by streams of lava, some as deep as six feet, flowing down the sides of the volcano.

And the flows can travel at incredibly high speeds down the sides of a volcano; an estimate of the average speed of the pyroclastic flow down the slopes of Mount Saint Helens in Washington State during its 1980 eruption (also Plinian) was around 230 kilometers per hour.

Also, radar interferometry, the observational tool currently used, can not «see» through vegetation, which may cover the side of a volcano.

When the side of the volcano doesn't halt in such circumstances and instead slips off into the ocean, a so - called flank collapse occurs.

The family told us there were no direct trails to the summit on our side of the volcano so we packed lightly — two apples, a few pieces of bread and one liter of water — thinking we'd go out for a short, easy hike.

The short answer is that while lava is hot, it's not hot enough to melt the rocks that make up the side of the volcano.

Think snowboarding or sledging, but down the side of a volcano.»

Those visitors who do make the effort are invariably impressed by just how much this tiny country has to offer: world - class surfing on empty, dark - sand beaches; coffee plantations clinging to the sides of volcanoes; colorful Spanish colonial towns; and sublime national parks.

Enjoy your solitude in this upgraded private room where you will be able to watch the colors of the day paint the sides of the volcano.

Fira is set on a cliff edge at the side of a volcano and although it offers stunning views of the sea there are no beaches attached to the town itself.

Set on the side of a volcano the clear lighting allows you to see for miles out to sea, as well as over the town itself.

Players can find themselves on platforms surrounded by lava and statues that shoot fire, floating on an iceberg in a frozen cave with dangerous of gusts of winds, or even attempting to outrun giant boulders down the side of a volcano.

While one might think that the side of a volcano might not be the best place to measure CO2, in fact the procedures used at Mauna Loa compensate for any contamination by volcanic gases.