Five Minute Volcano
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5 Minute Volcano #5: Llullaillaco, Chile/Argentina
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Season 1
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Episode 5
This week's 5 Minute Volcano is Llullaillaco, straddling the Chilean/Argentine border. It is the tallest historically active volcano on Earth, last erupting in 1877. It is also the home of the "Children of Llullaillaco", three sacrificed Incans remarkably well preserved by the arid cold of the high Andes.
Here are some links to information about Llullaillaco:
- The Global Volcanism Program page on the volcano.
- Two NASA Earth Observatory posts, one on Llullaillaco itself and one with a wider view of the Parque Nacional Llullaillaco.
- A close up view (well, from space) of the youthful dacite lava flows on the flanks of the volcano.
- An article looking at the Incan mummies found on the volcano.
- A PDF of the 2001 article from the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research by Richards and Villeneuve on Llallaillaco.
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