Lon-p ElasticHosts. Beautiful Destruction: 11 Gorgeous Geological Maps of Volcanoes | Wired Science. It's not always obvious what it is that scientists find beautiful about a graph, microscope slide, soil sample or some other aspect of their work. It just looks like numbers, blobs or dirt to the rest of us. But sometimes a scientific result or product is so visually appealing, anyone would want to hang it on their wall as art.Geological maps are often in this category. And some of the most beautiful geological maps are of volcanoes. The colors on geological maps represent different rock units of different ages. With an active lifespan of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years, volcanoes produce many layers of ash and flows of lava that will end up as different colors on the map. Global Volcanic Eruptions. Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program. Updated by 2300 UTC every Wednesday, notices of volcanic activity posted on these pages are preliminary and subject to change as events are studied in more detail. This is not a comprehensive list of all of Earth's volcanoes erupting during the week, but rather a summary of activity at volcanoes that meet criteria discussed in detail in the "Criteria and Disclaimers" section. Carefully reviewed, detailed reports on various volcanoes are published monthly in the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network. Copahue | Central Chile-Argentina border | 37.856°S, 71.183°W | Elevation 2953 m On 4 April OVDAS-SERNAGEOMIN reported that activity at Copahue continued to fluctuate at an elevated level however did not indicate an impending eruption. Source: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) Criteria Disclaimers 1. 2. 3.
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