how accurate is the movie? is dante's peak a real mountain?
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How Accurate How Accurate is the Movie?is the Movie?
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Is Dante's Peak Is Dante's Peak a real mountain?a real mountain?
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Dante's Peak is Dante's Peak is a mountain in a mountain in
Death Valley, CADeath Valley, CA
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It’s not a It’s not a volcano, but it volcano, but it
has a great view!has a great view!
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Does magma Does magma ever rise into ever rise into hot springs?hot springs?
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Not really. It Not really. It could happen, could happen,
but I know of no but I know of no actual events.actual events.
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Are “tilt meters” Are “tilt meters” real?real?
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YES.YES.They are used to They are used to measure changes measure changes
in gradient.in gradient.
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Are robots such Are robots such as “spider legs” as “spider legs” really used in really used in volcanoes?volcanoes?
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NO.NO.Although NASA Although NASA
tested one. Others tested one. Others are used for other are used for other purposes though.purposes though.
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Do volcanologists Do volcanologists really wear gas really wear gas masks around masks around
volcanoes?volcanoes?
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YES.YES.Otherwise, Otherwise,
vulcanologists can die vulcanologists can die rapidly from colorless, rapidly from colorless, odorless poison gases.odorless poison gases.
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Paul describes Paul describes events around events around
“Mammoth Mt.” “Mammoth Mt.” Is it a real place?Is it a real place?
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YES.YES.Mammoth Mountain is a Mammoth Mountain is a
real supervolcano in Long real supervolcano in Long Valley, CA. It really did Valley, CA. It really did
become seismically active become seismically active recently.recently.
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Can volcanologists Can volcanologists feelfeel the difference the difference between magmatic between magmatic
and tectonic and tectonic earthquakes?earthquakes?
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NO.NO.
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Fire is usually the Fire is usually the worst problem worst problem
after an after an earthquake. earthquake.
Why?Why?
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Multiple fires Multiple fires break out, fuel break out, fuel
leaks, and water leaks, and water mains break.mains break.
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Is it normal Is it normal procedure to procedure to drive into a drive into a
stream current?stream current?
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NO.NO.It’s not only It’s not only
dangerous, but dangerous, but also very bad for also very bad for the environment.the environment.
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Does volcanic Does volcanic ash really choke ash really choke aircraft engines?aircraft engines?
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YES.YES.
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Can lakes Can lakes become severely become severely acidic in a short acidic in a short period of time?period of time?
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NO.NO.Volcanic Volcanic
acidification acidification typically takes typically takes
years.years.
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Is ash coarse-Is ash coarse-grained or fine-grained or fine-
grained?grained?
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Very fine-Very fine-grained. In the grained. In the
movie, they used movie, they used shredded paper.shredded paper.
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Are fast-flowing Are fast-flowing basaltic lavas basaltic lavas
typical for Cascade typical for Cascade volcanoes?volcanoes?
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NO.NO.They have happened, They have happened,
but slow-flowing but slow-flowing andesitic lavas are andesitic lavas are
more typical.more typical.
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Can you drive Can you drive across an active across an active
lava flow?lava flow?
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SURE…go SURE…go ahead! ahead!
(just kidding). But you can (just kidding). But you can drive on one after it’s drive on one after it’s
cooled if it’s fairly level.cooled if it’s fairly level.
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Is it possible to Is it possible to drive faster than drive faster than
a pyroclastic a pyroclastic cloud?cloud?
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NO.NO.Depending on Depending on
gradient, they can gradient, they can travel 600 m.p.h.travel 600 m.p.h.
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Can you think of Can you think of some other things some other things
that were well that were well done in the done in the
movie?movie?
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Can you think of Can you think of some other things some other things that were poorly that were poorly
done in the done in the movie?movie?
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Have Have a nice day!a nice day!