Volcanoes - AJ

• Between 10 and 20 volcano are erupting somewhere on earth everyday. The word Volcano came from the Roman god of fire, Vulcan.
• The southernmost active Volcano is in Antarctica. It spews crystals and is very close to the US research center. There is a volcano in Indonesia that spews blue flames.
• In 1600, a volcano eruption in Peru caused a famine that killed 2 million people in Russia. The Japanese authorities built a fence around a volcano at mount Mihara to stop a trend of 2,000 people committing sues side by jumping in.
• In 1986 a volcanic lake burped a Co2 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in minutes. 80% of volcanic eruptions are caused or have happened under water.
• The volcanic system below the Yellow stone national park has enough lava to fill up 11 full Grand Canyons! In 1943, a fissure opened in a farmer's cornfield in Mexico, Growing into a five story tall volcano in only a week and up to 1,100 feet in a year.