Volcanic Eruption
Geography
Introduction
Hollywood disaster movies are a popular genre of film. This article will explore the realism of the scenes shown in the film Volcano which was produced in 1997. In this film it will talk about the reason why the volcano erupt and how they measure it, it will also be talking about what happens when a volcano erupts. Also in this article i'll be comparing a real life volcano eruption to a movie. I will also be talking accidents that occurred and how volcanos work and erupt. I'll be talking about the dangers and warnings that will show a volcano is about to erupt.
Location
The location where this type of hazard usually occurs is in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines. The map below shows the normal location of this type of hazard. Volcano mostly erupt there is because Active volcanoes generally occur close to the major tectonic plate boundaries.
Many are located along the Earth's plate boundaries. Active volcanoes are rare in Australia because there are no plate boundaries on this continent. However, there are two active volcanoes located south west of Perth on the Australian territories.
Location where it erupts the most
Volcano eruption
Movie Scene
How does volcano's work in reality
How does your film clip differ from reality
Case study
Chances Peak, Montserrat, 1995-97:
Montserrat is a small island in the Caribbean. There is a volcanic area located in the south of the island. Before 1995 it had been dormant for over 300 years. In 1995 the volcano began to give off warning signs of an eruption (small earthquakes and eruptions of dust and ash). The volcanos by the south had started to wake up or was about to erupt. It then remained active for five years. The most intense eruptions occurred in 1997.
During this time, Montserrat was devastated by pyroclastic flows. Pyroclastic flows are basically a fast-moving current of hot gas and rock. The small population of the island which was around 11,000 people was evacuated in 1995 to the north of Montserrat as well as to neighbouring islands.
Despite the evacuations, 19 people were killed by the eruptions as a small group of people chose to stay behind to watch over their crops.
Volcanic eruptions have destroyed large areas of Montserrat. The capital, Plymouth, has been covered in layers of ash and mud. Many homes and buildings have been destroyed, including the only hospital, the airport and many roads.
The graphic shows the progress of the eruption and its impact on the island.
This volcano eruption wasn't really different compare to the others. It gave off warning that it was going to erupt, and when it did it caused a lot of damages and death. Also since quite a few volcanos were all located a specify area it was even more dangerous as when one volcano erupted so did the others.