Sentences with phrase «volcanic crater created»

Both are ports on the shores of Lake Ashi, which is an enormous volcanic crater created by an eruption 3,000 years ago.

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Diamond Head is the edge of a crater created by a volcanic eruption 300,000 years ago.

Spotted by NASA's Messenger spacecraft, the formations were created early in the planet's history, when volcanic outbursts flooded impact craters.

The best global view of the heavily cratered surface of Mercury — a mosaic of more than 140 images snapped by Mariner 10 in March 1974 — reveals expansive plains that may have been created by volcanic activity.

The energy of impacts that create such craters can be high enough to melt rock; these melts cool rapidly, forming impact glass — a smooth, dark rock, similar to its volcanic cousin, obsidian — which contains various microscopic structures and crystals.

Scientists used up - to - date fossil records and improved analytical tools to find that, in the few million years prior to the asteroid impact that created the Yucatan's Chicxulub crater in Mexico, Earth was experiencing a major transformation in its environment, including widespread volcanic activity, changing sea levels and varying temperatures.

Also reachable from Dumaguete, the Twin lakes are actually craters created by volcanic eruption.

NASA astronauts discovered that real Moon craters were almost all created by meteorites while their namesakes on Earth were created by volcanic eruptions.

Although not a typical crater formed by volcanic activity, the gigantic Haleakala Crater was created by erosion of the entire volcanic mountain top and is one of the most famous features of the park.

Formed from a volcanic crater where most eroded away creating a crown - like ring, this is a fantastic home for marine animals.

Yellowstone is situated atop a huge volcanic basin (a crater or caldera) that was created over 630,000 years ago during the last major volcanic eruption.