An Explanation of the Lava Lake on Mount Erebus
Channel: 34 Tauri
Date: 2022-07-06

A short video on why Mount Erebus has a persistent lava lake. Based on an article from Scitech Daily.

Sources:
[1] By NASA/EO-1 - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/earth/volcano/erebus-browse.jpg; see also https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/home/chien/spAGU2006Images.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=733595

[2] By James Wilson Carmichael - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11997117

[3] NA. Last revised 2nd July 2022. Mount Erebus [online]. Wikipedia. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus#Discovery_and_naming [Accessed 6th July 2022]

[4] By NASA, British Antarctic Survey, Outline of Ross Embayment was added by user BrucePL - extracted from lima.nasa.gov, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97269314 

[5] NA. Last review 9th February 2022. Tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains [online]. Wikipedia. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonic_evolution_of_the_Transantarctic_Mountains [Accessed 6th July 2022]

[6] NA. 30th May 2022. Bringing Magma From Deep Underground Up to Our Feet – Just Add CO2 [online]. Scitech Daily. Available from: https://scitechdaily.com/bringing-magma-from-deep-underground-up-to-our-feet-just-add-co2/ [Accessed 6th July 2022]

[7] Therese van Wyk. 11th May 2020. A Tale of Two Kinds of Volcanoes – One Partially Responsible for a Civilization’s Demise. Scitech Daily. Accessed 6th July 2022. Available from: https://scitechdaily.com/a-tale-of-two-kinds-of-volcanoes-one-partially-responsible-for-a-civilizations-demise/ 

Audio:
Decoherence by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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