Mount Kilauea is the most famous volcano in Hawaii. It resides in the southeast in Mauna Loa. This volcano has one of the biggest craters of all volcanoes‚ consisting of 3‚646 feet deep. It has an 8 mile circumference and is encompassed entirely by an enormous “wall of volcanic rock 200 to 500 ft high” (Mount Kilauea). “Mount Kilauea is a low and flat shield volcano that rises only 1‚247 meters above sea level. Till date‚ the Kilauea volcano is the most active and the most visited volcano in the
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The universe is a canvass of innumerable objects such as planets and stars. If you lay on your back on a warm summer night I would not doubt that you would be enchanted‚ enticed‚ and bewildered by the luster and mirth of all the stars you may even just wilt on the thought of how large they are. If you browse the sky regularly some notable features you you might know is the tactful North Star and the puny Little Dipper. Would you like to learn more about the unique characteristics of our galaxy and
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The Manhattan Project was developed to give America their best chance at not only fighting but winning a nuclear war. When German physicists had the knowledge to split a uranium atom‚ fear ensured. The world scientific community held the concern of Nazi scientists utilizing this new found energy to build a nuclear bomb. As to avoid this‚ the United States implemented their own project. With the input of multiple scientists‚ and the ultimate approval of President Roosevelt‚ the first atomic bomb began
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weapons‚ armour‚ pottery‚ bronze‚ ivory and bone o Iron ore was found in Laconia and copper and tin were imported‚ to make bronze o Archaeological evidence suggests that the quality of the bronze work was high and was an export of Laconia o The Vix Crater found in
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1st mate and postmaster. He was eating breakfast with a couple other service men. His wife‚ Morena‚ was cooking the breakfast. They were fine until they heard a few explosions go off. “Then an anti-aircraft shell landed right outside and blew a crater about 25 feet across‚” Downing said‚ illustrating with outstretched arms. He did his duty and jumped into a truck with the other service men‚ but before they left his wife gave him a piece of paper with a verse of Scripture from Deuteronomy 33:27:
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from zero to eight‚ eight being the most powerful eruption. The eruption that took place on May eighteenth claimed unfortunately the lives of fifty-seven people‚ two hundred and fifty homes‚ forty-seven bridges‚ railways‚ highways‚ animals‚ created a crater on its north side‚ and ash in eleven states. Following the eruption a massive debris avalanche was triggered by an earthquake which it itself rated a five point zero on the Richter scale. This earthquake was said to have happened because of the surge
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To what extent can planning and preparedness mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. There is a very big difference that helps prepare for a volcanic hazard and that is whether you are in a MEDC or a LEDC. In a MEDC monitoring volcanic zones and potential hazards is an option many LEDC’s don’t have. In Italy at Mt Etna they have Geochemical monitoring programs currently run by INGV which focus on the
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The moon‚ a disc to the naked eye‚ was revealed to have a mountainous surface‚ covered with craters‚ basins‚ and peaks‚ much like the earth itself. This discovery came as a shock‚ both to conventional science and to the Church. And then‚ in January 1610‚ Galileo’s telescope revealed four of the nine moons of Jupiter; these moons "move... around
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Mendeleev was born in the village of Verkhnie Aremzyani‚ near Tobolsk in Siberia‚ to Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev and Maria Dmitrievna Mendeleeva (née Kornilieva). His grandfather was Pavel Maximovich Sokolov‚ a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church from the Tverregion. Ivan‚ along with his brothers and sisters‚ obtained new family names while attending the theological seminary. Despite being raised as an Orthodox Christian‚ he later rejected the religion and embraced a form of deism. Mendeleev is thought
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Emily Adams Jason Hicks 3rd Period November 15‚ 2013 Tropical Ulcer (Jungle Rot) Tropical ulcers (also commonly known as Jungle Rot) are necrotic painful lesions that are a result from a mixed bacterial infection. These ulcers are common in hot humid tropical or subtropical areas. They are usually found on the lower legs or feet of children and young adults. Typically‚ the ulcers have a raised border‚ and a yellowish necrotic base. The ulcers may heal spontaneously‚ but in many instances extension
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