I think it’s time for the mountains of today to compete with each other to erupt. In fact, from 1500 volcanoes around the world it turns out that, if average, almost every week there are volcanoes that erupt. But the question is: why do shield volcanoes have weak eruptions? Does the volcano need to erupt like a teenage boy who pops his pimple?
Why Do Shield Volcanoes Have Weak Eruptions?
In short, all that happened because of pressure from below, which made the mountain then erupt. But, why is there pressure from below? The pressure from below exists, because deep in the bowels of the earth, there is something very hot.
Much hotter than the dangdut sway that likes to be on YouTube. Well, because the core of the earth is very hot. So in short, it is the heat that exerts upward pressure. Which then forms a volcano – and when it can’t take the pressure anymore, then… a volcano will erupt!
Even the power released during the eruption can be very, very powerful! For example, the eruption of Mount Krakatoa, which is famous for being very violent.
But, that’s not even the biggest one, there are still many other mountains in the world whose eruptions are much bigger – which is a unique fact, some of the largest are in Indonesia, and will be discussed in another article in the future. Well, even so, apparently not all volcanoes are like Krakatoa.
Other mountains can “stay cool” when they melt from the bowels of the earth, coming out of their craters – some of which can even be watched casually. This difference can exist due to several factors that trigger volcanic eruptions. That’s why the shape of a volcano is different in Indonesia, it’s also different in Hawaii.
The Disaster Appears
But still, it seems that when we see a burst of magma coming out of the crater of the mountain, we get goosebumps, afraid of being fried.
But, wait a minute. Believe it or not, when a disaster occurs, it is not the hot lava that kills many people, but rather the hot cloudbursts typical of volcanoes in Indonesia that killed many people during the disaster.
With a speed that was close to the speed of sound and a temperature that could reach 1000 degrees Celsius, surely nothing could survive its brunt.
So, to complete this article, and be satisfied, watch the experimental simulation of an erupting volcano on the Koharo TV channel so you can better imagine how the volcano erupts. So again, after knowing the dangers, don’t keep trying to do weird things with volcanoes. And as always, thank you for reading this article.
