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Volcanoes BY Mrs Tipton

My talking Volcano
A volcano is usually a mountain where lava erupts from the Earth's surface. The word comes from the Roman God Vulcan, which means fire.
My word cloud

There are over 1500 active volcanoes in the world! We know of at least 80 which are under water!

Mount Vesuvius has erupted several times in human history, however, the terrifying eruption of 79AD is the most well known. On 24 August, Vesuvius erupted ash, mud and toxic gases, completely burying the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The eruption killed 16,000 people.

Thankfully there have not been any eruptions in Ribbleton (we don't have any volcanoes!) but if we did ,maybe it would look a little like this!

These webpages will help you find out more about volcanoes

Volcano Gallery

Credits:

Created with images by F.C.G. - "Top of Licancabur volcano peak with snow" • Sabine - "Three giraffes eating from a tree, Lake Natron Area, Tanzania" • Sebàstian - "Eruzione sul vulcano Etna con lunga colata di lava vista di notte" • rawpixel.com - "Beautiful Icelandic nature" • rh2010 - "Volcanic landscape view from the top of Caldera Blanca volcano on the sunset on Lanzarote island in Spain" • Elena - "incredibly beautiful volcanoc landscape with black sand and red mountains and a beautiful sky during the day on the spanish island of Canary Lanzarote" • worldimage - "Mount Mayon, Albay, Philippines" • Mumemories - "Aerial view Mount an active volcano Bromo, Batok and Semeru" • Tom - "Arenal Volcano Costa Rica Erupting" • LUC KOHNEN - "Hawaii Big Island Kilauea volcano" • MNStudio - "Lava pouring into the ocean creating a huge poisonous plume of smoke at Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano, Big Island of Hawaii" • visitr - "Landscape of Mount Bromo volcano, Batok and Semeru (Mt.) during sunrise from viewpoint on Mount Penanjakan located in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia." • helivideo - "CLOSE UP: Glowing pieces of lava fly up in the air out of an active volcano." • Sasint - "Bromo volcano at sunrise,Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia"