I find volcanos fascinating. Truly a force of nature, with all the hot lava and ash and gases. The recent eruptions in Hawaii were both terrifying and strangely beautiful (if not destructive, of course ;-( )
I heard that some islands have active volcanos to this day! I heard they canerupt but probably ownr
And they are *ancient*. Mauna Loa has been erupting for at least 700,00 years!!!
I did not know that. I think it would be scary to live near a volcano.
Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa ( or ; Hawaiian: ; ) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi in the Pacific Ocean. The largest subaerial volcano in both mass and volume, Mauna Loa has historically been considered the largest volcano on Earth, dwarfed only by Tamu Massif. It is an active shield volcano with relatively gentle slopes, with a volume estimated at approximately , although its peak is about lower than that of its neighbor, Mauna Kea. Lava eruptions from Mauna Loa
around them.
On Earth, volcanoes are mainly of two types: shield volcanoes and composite or stratovolcanoes. The shield volcanoes, for example those in Hawaii, eject magma from the depths of the Earth in zones called "hot spots". The lava from these volcanos is relatively fluid and permits the escape of gases. Composite volcanos, such as Mount Saint Helens and Mount Pinatubo, are associated with tectonic plates. In this type of volcano, the oceanic crust of one plate is sliding underneath the other in a subduction