La
Palma volcano
Yesterday we went to some volcanoes. We found a volcano
visitor centre.
We watched a short dvd then went on to the museum. It showed
the history of all the eruptions.
Then we went up the volcano which was massive.
It last erupted in 1677. My brother was scared but I wasn’t, so I just took in the
nice view from 500m up. At one point I was on a narrow 30cm wide path with no
hand rails. The view was spectacular.
After this narrow path I just sat on the edge
of the volcano where behind was a steep hill almost straight down to the bottom
of the volcano. The volcano didn’t have a laver lake, just ferns which are the
first thing to grow after an eruption. They like the soil which is one of the
best in the world. When we walked back we saw some camels but didn’t ride them.
Then it was back to the hire car and we drove to the 1971
volcano (Teneguia) which we could see from the top of the first volcano.
When we arrived we walked up to the volcano past a vent
(which is like a mini volcano this erupted at the same time.) We found
interesting rocks on the way; we looked at where the laver would have run back
in 1971. Then we walked back but stopped on the way at the vent. We stood in
the middle of the vent where laver had been spurting out. It was cool! Then we
walked around the crater, then a trudge back the hire car.
I think this looks like a T rex.
The rocks are quite light because they have lots of air bubbles in them. They are quite sharp, so difficult to lift.
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