33 posted on 04/22/2010 7:52:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
I just saw an episode of How The Earth Was Made on Iceland in which Laki was discussed. Look at the line of craters and lava that eruption left behind. It's enormous, like the Earth was ripped open in that part of the island.