Sentences with phrase «violent eruptions»

Such stars can have violent eruptions early on, but are extremely stable afterward.

Such shapes form when gas bubbles expand in molten rock that then catastrophically explodes — a feature of violent eruptions involving water, and which can be seen under glaciers in Iceland, for example.

The 3,000 meter (9,800 ft) Agung — a so - called strato - volcano capable of very violent eruptions — has recorded a sharp rise in activity that has raised worries about a repeat of a 1963 eruption that killed more than 1,000 people.

Solar observations by the small explorer spacecraft IRIS, a NASA mission launched last June, reveal a wealth of violent eruptions at unprecedented resolution.

Flares are the most violent eruptions in the solar system, while coronal mass ejections are less violent but involve extraordinary amounts of matter — a single ejection can spout roughly 20 billion tons (18 billion metric tons) of matter into space.

But it burned half of itself off in a ferocious stellar wind and in a couple of extraordinarily violent eruptions a mere 5,000 or so years ago.

However, evidence for this information is lost to the atmosphere during violent eruptions.»

Innermost TRAPPIST - 1 b is likely way too hot, and c could have the same violent eruptions we see on Jupiter's Io.

Mild eruptions can cause auroras, and more violent eruptions can disrupt satellite communications and power grids.

Mount Taal, on the other hand, rises up to a height of 984 feet, with the last violent eruption occurring as recent as 1970.

Nearly half a century after Arenal Volcano's unexpected violent eruption back into life, it is nearly impossible to think there was a time when the lives of area residents didn't completely revolve around the massif.

Manhunt's vibe hangs heavy over the encounter, from the cold synth soundtrack to the split second violent eruptions.

Such shapes form when gas bubbles expand in molten rock that then catastrophically explodes — a feature of violent eruptions involving water, and which can be seen under glaciers in Iceland, for example, researchers said.

The 9,800 ft (3,000 metre) volcano, which is capable of very violent eruptions, had shown a marked increase in activity in the last few weeks, stoking fears of a repeat eruption like the one in 1963 that killed more than 1,000 people

The intrusions could create more frequent and violent eruptions at the volcano, which just calmed down last week after a spectacular 3 - month outburst.

The violent eruptions occasioned by The Satanic Verses stem in part from Rushdie's powers of evocation, which are considerable, and in part from the nature of Muslim religious sensibilities, which are also considerably profound, When Rushdie allows his characters to lapse into dream states, he creates the space to erect great structures of fancy and imagination — though the structures connect most tangibly with, the real world.

As ash swirls around in the aftermath of a violent eruption, it, too, can become charged.

The magma that fuels its violent eruptions is incredibly fluid, capable of racing down the...

While a cataclysmic event among the methane hydrate mounds could unfold sometime in the future, violent eruptions are the norm at Endeavour Ridge, the site of another NEPTUNE research node.

Scientists are now watching to see whether the volcano repeats the violent eruptions of 1963, when superheated gases and volcanic material raced down the mountain in a series of pyroclastic flows, killing more than 1000 people.

Yet the volcano's apparent inactivity is only part of a cycle that is punctuated by an «open - conduit» state and violent eruptions.

«The forerunner of the phenomenon is a violent eruption on the sun's surface, called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, where the sun bubbles up, and slings «hot» magnetized plasma in the form of very energetic ions and electrons in the direction of Earth,» said Per Høeg.

These violent eruptions, which often occur alongside flares, send magnetic fields and plasma hurtling through the solar system.

The magma that fuels its violent eruptions is incredibly fluid, capable of racing down the mountainside at highway speeds.

But how did the sky - scraping columns of Devils Tower form — belowground or as part of a violent eruption?

«The forerunner to the phenomenon is a violent eruption on the Sun's surface — also known as coronal mass ejections or CME, where bubbles of hot plasma and gas in the form of particles, electrons, and a magnetic field are hurled in the direction of the Earth,» says Per Høeg.

The fluid rises into the overlying mantle where it lowers the melting point of rock and triggers the violent eruptions of magma that created the Mariana Islands, to which Shore was sailing.

When each gang lays claim to the streets in a desperate bid to establish their turf, the simmering tensions soon boil to the surface in a violent eruption of murder and chaos.

If the gas can not escape, a violent eruption can be expected.