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Is a super-volcano just 390 miles from London about to erupt?
Daily Mail ^ | 2nd January 2012 | Ted Thornhill

Posted on 01/02/2012 5:57:04 PM PST by george76

A sleeping super-volcano in Germany is showing worrying signs of waking up. It's lurking just 390 miles away underneath the tranquil Laacher See lake near Bonn and is capable of ejecting billions of tons of magma.

This monster erupts every 10 to 12,000 years and last went off 12,900 years ago.

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Volcanologists believe that the Laacher See volcano is still active as carbon dioxide is bubbling up to the lake’s surface, which indicates that the magma chamber below is 'degassing'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; europe; germany; globalwarming; laachersee; supervolcano; uk; volcano
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL


61 posted on 01/04/2012 5:33:05 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: cripplecreek; SunkenCiv
Volcanism blows magma.

Film at 11. If my virus scanner doesn't have a meltdown...

62 posted on 01/04/2012 5:35:11 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Oztrich Boy

And my personal favorite “Calle Estrada Road”


63 posted on 01/06/2012 6:37:27 AM PST by D Rider
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