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Volcán Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes, is one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala's former capital, Antigua..
Washington State is home to five stratovolcanoes. Until yesterday, I've photographed four of those five.
The fifth, and least known (yet most dangerous) of the five is a peak known as Glacier Peak.
Yesterday afternoon, I managed to locate Glacier Peak using a peak finder app while in Manchester, on a whim outing after work to photograph Tahoma.
As it turns out, from Manchester, Glacier Peak lines up in a straight line of sight with Queen Anne Hill in Seattle - quite evidenced by the three television towers of KOMO TV 4 (ABC), KING 5 TV (NBC), and KIRO 7 (CBS).
This was captured using a 480mm apochromatic telescope on a Nikon D5500.
A picture of Mt.Hekla from a far away view as you can see the volcano is not very steep.
Where the two plates meet, sometimes one moves down, while the other moves upward. As the plate that is moving down is forced deeper, parts of it begin to melt and form magma that rises to the surface, often in explosive eruptions. The plate that rises, tends to create large, classic, cone-shaped volcanoes called stratovolcanoes, such as Mt. Hekla.
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Explain why the eruption happened>
It is most likely that the eruptio happened because the tetonic plates that meet in Iceland and sometimes split apart with terrific results. Sometimes the plated go in different directions, up and down, but sometimes they move in different direction rubbing against one another. When a plate moves down (subduction), being forced deep, part of it begin to melt and form magma that rises to the surface, often in explosive eruptions. Subduction zones tend to create large, classic, cone-shaped volcanoes called stratovolcanoes, such as Mt. Hekla.
Panamá Cruise '09. Antigua, Guatemala. Volcán Agua, one of Central America's most active large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala's former capital, Antigua. Constant ash clouds over its summit are reminders that this is an active volcano.
Mount Marapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. It has erupted numerous times throughout history, with the eruptions varying in intensity.
s a stratovolcano, Mount Marapi is characterized by its steep slopes and conical shape. Stratovolcanoes are known for their explosive eruptions caused by the buildup of pressure from the interaction of viscous magma and volatile gases.
The summit of Mount Marapi reaches an elevation of approximately 2,891 meters (9,485 feet) above sea level, making it one of the highest peaks in Sumatra.
Mt. Adams is made of several overlapping cones that together form an 18-mile (29 km) diameter base which is elongated in its north-south axis and covers an area of 250 square miles (650 km). The volcano has a volume of 85 cubic miles (350 km) placing it second only to Mount Shasta in that category among the Cascade stratovolcanoes. Mount Adams was probably created by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate, which is located just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
And then we were back on the road. We had a long way to go, so we drove back to the bridge at the town of Hood River so we could cross over to the Oregon side and take the interstate back to Portland and beyond.
The town of Hood River stands at the point where its eponymous river meets the Columbia. It's a nice little tourist town that has in the last 20 years or so become an extremely popular spot for wealthy windsurfers from the east side metroplexes. Now there's a nice little downtown with a good bookstore and at least one good restaurant.
On a clear day like this one, you can see Mount Hood rising above the town a mere 25 miles away. Mount Hood is another one of those Cascade stratovolcanoes, rising to an elevation of 11,249 feet. That's 11,164 feet higher than the 85-foot elevation of the Columbia at Hood River. Mount Hood has gone through three major eruptive periods in the last 1,800 years, with each episode featuring explosive erutions, pyroclastic flows, and lahars. The last of these ended in 1782. There was a minor eruption here in 1907, but the mountain's been quiet ever since. If that ever changes, the Hood River will carry a massive debris flow right over this town.
Editor's Note: I was still in Washington when I took this picture, but everything you're looking at is in Oregon, so it goes in the Oregon file. This marks the last time we left Washington. I have taken the last picture of Washington I'll take for at least five years.
Mount Thielsen rises to a peak 9,184 feet above sea level just outside the Crater Lake park boundary, but it's visible from most of the park. It has a unique profile for a mountain in these parts, though it's just another of the Cascade stratovolcanoes. Thielsen actually had a fairly short life as a volcano, popping into existence 290,000 years ago and wearing itself out in a mere 40,000 years. The mountain last erupted 250,000 years ago and is considered extinct. Mount Thielsen's pointy profile owes to the more recent actions of glaciers, which spent the Pleistocene carving the mountain up and carting much of it away.
The tranquil village of Santiago del Teide, with stratovolcanoes Mount Teide and Pico Viejo in the background.
Image Lake and Glacier Peak seen from Miner's Ridge, Glacier Peak Wilderness North Cascades Washington.
Glacier Peak (10,541′) or Dakobed is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes of the Cascade Volcanic Arc.
Mount Marapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. It has erupted numerous times throughout history, with the eruptions varying in intensity.
s a stratovolcano, Mount Marapi is characterized by its steep slopes and conical shape. Stratovolcanoes are known for their explosive eruptions caused by the buildup of pressure from the interaction of viscous magma and volatile gases.
The summit of Mount Marapi reaches an elevation of approximately 2,891 meters (9,485 feet) above sea level, making it one of the highest peaks in Sumatra.
The outline of the stratovolcanoes of Santiam Pass. Mt. Washington on the left and Mt. Jefferson far on the right.
The viewing platform atop Sherrard Point offers easy sight of at least five stratovolcanoes in Washington and Oregon.
Photo taken from the banyuwangi (jawa) - gilimanuk (bali) ferry. August 2022. The mountain in the background is gunung merapi, the highest point (2799 m a.s.l.) of the ijen complex, a group of stratovolcanoes located in indonesia,eastjava. Merapi in the Indonesian language means mountain of fire. The crater lake at the summit is the largest acid lake in the world. Below right a jukung traditional Indonesian boat.