What is a Lahar?
This article discusses the real killer that accompanies a volcanic eruption.
Throughout history, the earth has been given the names of the gods. Volcanic rocks were named after the god of fire and Intrusive rocks were named after the god of the underworld.
These rocks are found all over the world, in rare form of course, stemming from a place that ignites change from within.
The explosive nature of these fascinating geological mountains provide us with a time line of earth’s past, they create chains of living and breathing islands, and they cause deathly destruction to everything they touch.
The five biggest volcanic eruptions in modern times spewed out more than 100 cu km of magma. One of these include the largest eruption in living memory.
A moving lava flow looks spectacular. It oozes power while melting its way through anything that dare stand before it.
Inside the earth it is very hot. This great heat melts some rock material that is there and makes it liquid rock. This liquid rock that lies in huge underground pockets is called magma.
The highest mountains in the world are to be found in the Himalaya-Karakoram ranges of Asia. The highest mountain peak is that of Mount Everest. There are several mountains and mountain ranges under the oceans too. How were these mountains formed?