Not exact matches
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.
The Sete Cidades Volcano at the center of the Massif consists of a
caldera and a polygenetic
volcanic field within it, that includes four lakes (two of
which Lagoa Azul, the Blue Lake, and Lagoa Verde, the Green Lake, are linked).
Local area Situated about 200 km from mainland Greece, Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea created from a
volcanic eruption
which resulted in the current geological
caldera: a giant lagoon surrounded by steep cliffs and hills.
One theory of many behind the solar /
volcanic connection is that MUONS, a by product of galactic cosmic rays can affect the
calderas of certain volcanoes by changing the chemical composition of the matter within the silica rich magma creating aerosols
which increase pressure in the magma chamber and hence lead to an explosive eruption.