Sunday, March 8, 2009

The strangest volcano on earth

In a remote corner of tanzaniastands an astonishing mountain called OL Doinyo Lengai where lava fountians harden in midair then shatter like glass. It can't be compared to a normal rock it is very fragile and extremly unstable. The cone rumbles and vibrates but rock plate was directing the lava in other directions. It erupts at around 1000 degrees C. that is roughly half the temp. of more common basalt laves. This volcano is closly inspected by volcanologists. Katie Kraff described it as the perfect labratory volcano. The shape and style of the extrusions exactly mimic the flows of basaltic volcanos except the latter are so much bigger. This is thought to be a truly amazing volcano and scientists wish to study it farther.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 8, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    1) facts were presented well and not too much information was given
    2)nice reference to an outside source in katie kraff
    3)facts that he did give were interesting and relevant

    1)could have elaborated on "shatter like glass"
    2)could have explained why it is the strangest volcano on earth

    1)i was impressed that 1000 degrees C was only have the temperature of a more common lava flow

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  2. AnonymousMarch 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    3. Very interesting article.
    2. Good specific information.
    1. Good description of the volcano.

    2. Could have made the review longer, added more information.
    1. Put more analysis into the review.

    1. I was impressed by the strangest volcano on earth.

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  3. kieranMarch 11, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    3. spectacular article.
    2. exceptional information.
    1. i loved the fine description.

    2. more information would have been nice.
    1. could have elaborated on "shatter like glass"

    1. i found the article to be an impressive piece of work.

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  4. AhmedMarch 11, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    1) A well summarized review of the article
    2) Facts / statistics were included in the summary
    3) Did not use confusing words, he used normal ones

    1) Why is it so fragile and unstable? More information would be appreciated
    2) You did not say who Katie Kraff is

    1) Great article that was very informative

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  5. Brad DaviesMarch 12, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    1)It was summarized nicely
    2)The in formation was interesting and made me want ot read on.
    3)It was easy to understand as well as well organized

    1)there wasnt a large amount of detail
    2)does say who Katie Kraff is. needs to elaborate on her significants

    1) I was impressed with the fact that this volcanoe releases lava at a temperature of 1000 degrees.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    1)A very interesting article was chosen.
    2) Opinions from scientists observing this phenomenon gave interesting insight into the situation.
    3)He chose facts well.

    1) He had many spelling errors and could have looked over his work more carefully.
    2) He didn't go into any detail as to how this happens.

    1) I learned of an intersting volcano in tanzanialand.

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  7. kevin biscontiMarch 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    1.great artical
    2.very interseting facts
    3.was not hard to under stand

    1.could have made it a little longer
    2.how does it shatter like glass

    1.i learned that lava can shatter like glass

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