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Cascades Volcano Observatory- http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/ Updates on Mount St. Helens and other Cascade Range volcanos, volcano questions and answers, volcano picture archive, links to volcanos around the world and "volcanocams", and information on visiting volcanos.
Electronic Volcano- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/ The Electronic Volcano is a window into the world of information on active volcanoes. From here you can find many types of materials on active volcanoes worldwide, such as maps, photographs and full texts of dissertations and a few elusive documents. The Electronic Volcano will guide you to resources in libraries or resources on other information servers.
Fallout@nationalgeographic.com- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/98/volcanoes/ From National Geographic for Kids, this site takes on an exploration of volcanoes with web cams and more.
Global Volcanism Program- http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/ From the Smithsonian Institute, find out about the latest eruptions, visit specific volcanoes and more.
Hawaii Center for Volcanology- http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/hcv.html Lots of news and information about volcanoes in general, and specifically ones in Hawaii, including Kilauea, Mauna Loa, and Loihi. Be sure to check out the awesome photo gallery.
Lassen Volcanic National Park- http://www.nps.gov/lavo/ Lassen Volcanic became a national park in 1916 because of its significance as an active volcanic landscape. All four types of volcanoes in the world are found in Lassen\'s 106,000 acres.
Mount St. Helen\'s, Washington- http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/NatMonument/framework.html View maps, and learn more about the volcano.
Mount St. Helens- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/msh/msh.html Information about Mount St. Helens before and after the 1980 eruption.
Oregon Volcanoes- http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Oregon/framework.html Volcanic history, hazards and seismicity of Oregon mountains.
Popcatepetl, Mexico- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/popo/popo.html Popocatepetl, the second highest volcano in Mexico, is a giant stratovolcano, 70 km (~45 miles) southeast of downtown Mexico City, and 45 km (~30 miles) southwest of the city of Puebla.
Terrestrial Volcanoes- http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tervolc.htm What is an eruption? What are the different types of volcanoes? These answers along with movies and links to other volcano information.
THE CURRENT ERUPTION OF KILAUEA VOLCANO- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/curr_volc.html Detailed information about the eruption.
Vesuvius, Italy- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html Vesuvius is famous for the catastrophic eruption in 79 A.D. that buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Pliny the Younger, witnessed the eruption and later recorded his observations in two letters. He described the earthquakes before the eruption, the eruption column, air fall, the effects of the eruption on people, pyroclastic flows, and even tsunami.
Volcano Cam- http://www.cybercorp.co.nz/ruapehu/ "Forget Java, we\'ve got lava" proclaims Volcano Cam from New Zealand. What is an Internet cam? Someone focuses their video camera on a fish tank, an ant farm, the San Francisco skyline, and invites you to watch via a live Internet feed. Here, you\'ll be watching the Ruapehu volcano. Since nothing much usually happens, you can sign up to be notified by email as soon as she starts to erupt.
Volcano World- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ Volcanoes of the world ; a glossary of volcano terminology ; ask a volcanologist ; stories games and quizzes, and indices sorted by region, country and name.
Volcanoes Online - Your Ultimate Guide to Volcanoes on the Net- http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/ An informative site done by students, including excellent graphics and comprehensive information. Slow loading is a drawback.
Volcanoes: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions?- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html Today, there are many active volcanoes worldwide. Is there anything we can do to predict how and when they will erupt? As the world\'s population grows, more and more people are living in potentially dangerous volcanic areas. Volcanic eruptions continue--as they have throughout history--posing ever-greater threats to life and property.
Volcanoes- http://hometown.aol.com/ckckside/reports/volcanoes/vol1.htm I did this report for my third grade Science Fair in March 1998. I made a volcano model which really erupted by using baking soda and vinegar. When the baking soda and vinegar combine, they create a gas similar to the gas which causes volcanoes to erupt. I have included the recipe I used for the erupting volcano model.
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