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Friday, September 16, 2011

10 most beautiful volcano's mountain

here's 10 most amazing volcanoes which data are quoted tranlated from the [Koran Tempo]

1. Molokini Crater, Hawaii The height of this mountain make its top half in the sea swell and form a crescent. The area around the mountain is very popular among divers and a rich habitat for marine birds.
 
2. Morro Rock, California This mountain is one of a series of volcanoes known as the "Nine Sisters", and formed about 20 million years ago.

3. Surtsey, Iceland Sometimes the eruption of underwater volcanoes form a new island on top of it. That's what happened on Surtsey. In 1963, the mountain is erupting and newly formed islands on it.

4. Eldfell Volcano, Iceland Iceland is a country rich in underwater volcanoes, and the majority of the mountains in the country is quite active. Most major eruption occurred in 1973, when lava covering the Port Helmaey this mountain.

5. Iwo Jima, Japan The volcano is located near Pulai Iwo Jima, the Pacific ocean. This mountain has erupted in 2005.

6.Brother Volcano, New Zealand Three-dimensional diagram Darui mountain is part of an active volcano Karmadec Arc. It lies 1850 meters below sea level. There is a large crater with a depth of 300-500 meters.

7. Healy Volcano, Kermadec Ridge This is another major volcanoes in the Kermadec Ridge, which lies about 400 km from New Zealand. 


8. NW Rota-1, Japan On 29 April 2006, the mountain is erupting, and red lava burst from the crater NW-Rota Pit at a depth of 560 meters below sea level. This photo was taken from Jason II submarine. 


9. Kick 'Em Jenny, Grenada This mountain is located 8 km from Grenada dekitar and including an active volcano in the Caribbean Sea. This mountain was first erupted in 1939 and the last in 2001. 


10. Bransfield Strait, Antarctica Although always covered by snow, Antarctica to save a series of volcanoes on the seabed and most are still active. One is the peak Bransfield Strait swell on the sea surface.