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| − | <center>''Earth’s largest active volcano is taking a nap. And after 30 years, no one is quite sure when Hawaii’s Mauna Loa will reawaken.<br >Odds are that it will be within the next couple of decades — and that it will be spectacular.<br ><br >Red hot lava will fountain violently, reaching 50 meters into the air.<br >An underground molten magma ocean will be unleashed, draining from giant fresh cracks in the surface. A plume of sulfur-rich steam and ash will climb into the sky, billowing like a huge smoke stack.<br ><br >It paints a hellish scene, but is there any danger for humans?<br >That depends on whether the eruptions are confined to the mountain’s highest levels above the tree line, or if, as scientists and emergency managers fear, the flows and plumes migrate down-slope to the realm of people and commerce.</center><br > | + | <center>''Earth’s largest active volcano is taking a nap. And after 30 years, no one is quite sure when Hawaii’s Mauna Loa will reawaken.<br >Odds are that it will be within the next couple of decades — and that it will be spectacular.<br ><br >Red hot lava will fountain violently, reaching 50 meters into the air.<br >An underground molten magma ocean will be unleashed, draining from giant fresh cracks in the surface. A plume of sulfur-rich steam and ash will climb into the sky, billowing like a huge smoke stack.<br ><br >It paints a hellish scene, but is there any danger for humans?<br >That depends on whether the eruptions are confined to the mountain’s highest levels above the tree line, or if, as scientists and emergency managers fear, the flows and plumes migrate down-slope to the realm of people and commerce.<br >- Zahra Hirji</center><br > |
Revision as of 23:41, 21 March 2017
Odds are that it will be within the next couple of decades — and that it will be spectacular.
Red hot lava will fountain violently, reaching 50 meters into the air.
An underground molten magma ocean will be unleashed, draining from giant fresh cracks in the surface. A plume of sulfur-rich steam and ash will climb into the sky, billowing like a huge smoke stack.
It paints a hellish scene, but is there any danger for humans?
That depends on whether the eruptions are confined to the mountain’s highest levels above the tree line, or if, as scientists and emergency managers fear, the flows and plumes migrate down-slope to the realm of people and commerce.
- Zahra Hirji
