The birth of a volcano

In one of the summer months in 1759 in the lowland areas of Mexico suddenly started an underground volcanic activity. Within weeks of the ground beneath their feet muffled humming and vibrating like a steam boiler. Previously, there is no volcanic activity was observed. The locals have decided that the underground gods dissatisfied with something, but do not draw any conclusions from these events did not. One of the elders suggested that this might be the anger of the gods are not against people. Local elders consulted and decided to wait for more clear evidence of "anger" of the gods. In late September, plain suddenly began to swell. Then he sold the land and literally in the plain formed a huge crack. Another two weeks ago in this place ran a small river, within which lies a flat pasture. On this pasture grazing flocks. And just a few days everything has changed beyond recognition. Of the cracks began to take off red-hot rocks and volcanic lava flowed: the beginning of the rapid eruption of the volcano newborn. For a short time on the surface was ejected mass of stones, sand, ash and mud. At the place of sweet-smelling herbs and flowers of the valley rose snarling and spewing red-hot lava, volcanic mountain. Thus was born a new volcano - Horullo. But this is not an isolated case of a sudden the volcano. February 20, 1943, Pulido from the Mexican village Parikutin worked in the woods. A bright sunny day did not bode nothing unusual. Through the dense foliage just made its way hot Mexican sun. In the trees fluttered and chirped the bird. Pulido expected to work until lunch, until the sun heats the humid forest air and will not be stuffy and the guys. And then came noon, and Pulido was about to leave. He threw a spade on his shoulder and walked along a winding forest path. Suddenly, from under his feet took off a small piece of land. It surprises Mexican stopped and backed away. He felt that under the foliage of someone stirring angrily grumbled. "Who could it be" - with astonishment thought Pulido. He cautiously approached and began to dig with a shovel opavshuyu foliage. Suddenly in his face hit a cloud of acrid sulfur dioxide and a loud hiss. C Pulido did not happen anything like that. But he was a brave man and decided to find out everything until the end. He crept up to the unfortunate place and saw that the soil there was a small crevice. Smoke coming out from it with sulfuric smell. Pulido tried to fill this hole. He started throwing a shovel back the earth. But the strength of its clearly not enough. Crack began to grow rapidly, and the ground underfoot Indians began to tremble and buckle. Scared Pulido that is urine ran to the village. Halfway, he remembered that he had left in the forest his horse. Injun decided to go back and pick a horse. At the site of the crack was raised a thick column of black smoke and heard the vicious growl of invisible monsters. Pulido quickly jumped on his horse and galloped headlong into the village. But there he awaited spectacle defies the imagination: the site of the village from the ground a few fire-breathing monsters torn. And in place of the first eruptions have formed a huge pot at the bottom of which bubbled molten lava. The next day, this place has stood the black smoking cone. The height of it was 60 meters. Volcano Parikutinom called by the name of a nearby village. A month later, a small volcano erupted Chick-threatening eruption. For one moment he just burped 12 OOO tons of huge stones. Then a broad river flowed hot lava. Eruptions followed one by one. All around the flooded lava and volcanic ash fell asleep, which fly at 500 kilometers around. The thickness of the ash in some places reached 150 meters. Only in 1953 the eruption of the volcano calmed down and stopped. Around has become as quiet as before the first eruption.