Volcanic Eruptions

What are Volcanoes?

You might have seen a picture or a video of a Volcano before. Volcanoes look a lot like mountains but they are quite different.

A volcano is a mountain that opens downwards to storage of molten rock deep underneath the Earth’s surface. The top of a volcano opens up like a hole (or vent) where the molten lava rises through and reaches the earth’s surface. This is what we term as a Volcanic Eruption.

A volcanic eruption is the escaping of molten rock through a rupture in a mountain on to the Earth’s surface. Clouds of ash and lava are seen coming out of a Volcanic eruption.

Volcanic eruptions can completely clear out its surroundings, like forests, settlements of villages, people etc.