Sunday, October 19, 2008

30 Objects Swallowed by Lava and Pyroclastic Ash Page 1

30 Objects Swallowed by Lava and Pyroclastic Ash


Landscapes Devoured by Lava

1. School bus is devoured by lava flow, we’re hoping it was empty at the time.

school bus caught in lava
unknown

2. Molten lava etches a path across a busy road, and no one seems too bothered!

Molten Lava on road
US Government

3. House in Kupaianaha, Hawaii, engulfed in flames after cataclysmic volcano

burning house, Kupaianha
JD Griggs

4. Wooden house standing strong in the path of lava flow, Kalapana, Hawaii

house being submerged in lava
US Government

Pyroclastic Ash Shower Mid Day2. Objects Engulfed in Pyroclastic Ash >

speed sign in road3. Lava Eating Roads >

5. This house was carried down the mountain side after Mount Etna eruption

house in etna devoured by lava
unknown

6. Car buried in ash and lava after 1980 Mount St Helens eruption, Washington

car covered in ash
Danial Dzurisin

7. People still live inside this half submerged house in Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

submerged house
amalthya

8. Trees find new life from layers of lava hundreds and thousands of years old

trees caught in lava
sparkyleigh

9. Road sign on Chain of Craters Road, Hawaii. The word ‘danger’ on the corner of the sign was burned off in a previous lava flow; get the message?

reduce speed sign in lava
Kip Robinson

10. Stalactites hanging on for dear life in the face of a lava pool

lava and stalactites
US Geological Survey

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