Mexican Church Devoured by Lava


	Mexican Church Devoured by Lava
chestnut501
10-27-2009 4:45 AM
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science, geology, volcanology, paricutin, mexico
chestnut501 says:
Born in a cornfield, Paricutin's formation was witnessed from the very beginning.
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10-27-2009 8:21 AM
shaor
wow, what a terrible thing to happen. tks, good clip.
10-28-2009 12:13 PM
ramsesemerson
I remember reading a children's book about it when I was a kid.
10-29-2009 8:34 AM
tazmanium
A sleeping giant.
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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/mexican-church-devoured-by-lava/16788"><STRONG>Two complete villages are still buried under all that lava:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/mexican-church-devoured-by-lava/16788"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/08DEBFD2-4670-4BB4-A9FD-5E490E445888" alt="Two villages buried" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/mexican-church-devoured-by-lava/16788">People were not that lucky in 1949 when about 1,000 villagers died during a major eruption.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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