Sentences with phrase «volcanic calderas on»
Molokini snorkeling is unique and a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to visit one of only three volcanic calderas on the planet.
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This may have occurred when around 70 — 75,000 years ago the Toba caldera in Indonesia underwent a category 8 or «mega-colossal» eruption on the Volcanic Explosivity Index.
Examining the volcanic features within the caldera required high - resolution imaging, which the researchers obtained from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Telltale scars on the rim of the volcanic caldera, or basin, indicate the edges of the section that collapsed.
New Zealand scientists mapped the Havre volcano, a caldera nearly three miles (4.5 kilometers) across on the seafloor northeast of the North Island of New Zealand, using shipboard sonar instruments in 2002 and again immediately after the eruption in 2012, revealing the presence of new volcanic material on the seafloor.
Around 74,000 years ago, a massive caldera erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggering a prolonged and devastating volcanic winter.
In the second millennium BCE, massive volcanic eruptions on Santoríni collapsed the island into a fractured caldera possibly contributing to the collapse of Minoan civilization on nearby Crete.
The Sierra Negra volcano is one of five volcanos on the island of Isabela, and boasts the second largest volcanic caldera in the world.
On volcanic islands the sea can enter the caldera and the face of the volcanic pipe can form a steep coastline.
The restaurant and accommodation are perched on the edge of a massive volcanic caldera, looking out over the smoking volcano Mt. Batur, and its deep crater lake.
Charles Furneaux (American, 1835 - 1913) View of a Volcanic Eruption, Probably Kilauea Caldera on Mauna Loa, c. 1886 Signed and dated «C. Furn... / 188...» l.r. Mixed media on paper mounted to More...