Transcript Dante`s Peak - How Realistic is the Movie

DANTE'S PEAK
How Accurate
is the Movie?
Is Dante's Peak a
real mountain?
Does magma ever
rise into hot
springs?
Are “tilt meters”
real?
Are robots such as
“spider legs”
really used in
volcanoes?
Do volcanologists
really wear gas
masks around
volcanoes?
Paul describes
events around
“Mammoth Mt.”
Is it a real place?
Can volcanologists
feel the difference
between magmatic
and tectonic
earthquakes?
Fire is usually the
worst problem
after an
earthquake. Why?
Is it normal
procedure to drive
into a stream
current?
Does volcanic ash
really choke
aircraft engines?
Can lakes become
severely acidic in
a short period of
time?
Is ash coarsegrained or finegrained?
Are fast-flowing
basaltic lavas
typical for Cascade
volcanoes?
Can you drive
across an active
lava flow?
Is it possible to
drive faster than a
pyroclastic cloud?
Can you think of
some other things
that were well
done in the movie?
Can you think of
some other things
that were poorly
done in the movie?
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