Volcanoes

6 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. The raw power and geological risk of New Zealand's volcanic heartNew Zealand sits atop one of the most geologically active regions on Earth. This documentary explores the violent forces that sculpted the islands' dramatic landscapes and the ong…
2. The 1915 eruption that turned California into a wasteland with zero deathsIn May 1915, Mount Lassen unleashed a catastrophe so violent it sent ash 200 miles away and triggered massive mudflows. Yet, despite the devastation of old-growth forests and home…
3. The eruption that saved 5,000 lives through the power of predictionIn 1991, Mount Pinatubo unleashed one of the century's most violent volcanic events. While the destruction was staggering, the disaster also served as a landmark victory for moder…
4. To double a volcano's height, you need sixteen times the powerVolcanic eruption columns are not just clouds of ash; they are massive thermodynamic engines. The physics governing their height is so sensitive that a small increase in vertical …
5. The man who turned a volcanic eruption into a spectacleIn the spring of 1974, the residents of Sitka, Alaska, woke to a startling sight: thick, black smoke billowing from Mount Edgecumbe. This video explores how local resident Porky B…
6. A volcano in Indonesia caused the summer of 1816 to vanish.In 1815 Mount Tambora erupted in what is now Indonesia, the largest eruption in at least 1,300 years. The next year, snow fell in New York in June, harvests failed across the Nort…

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