Chapter 360 Earthquake
The mountain at the foot is more than 400 meters high, and the wooden plank road is twisting and turns, so it took a lot of time to go up the mountain.
This place was originally a scenic spot for viewing a thousand-year-old tree on the top of the peak, and also provides facilities such as barbecue grills, which are now just for viewing the volcano.
Han Xuan's chest was undulating and he was wearing a mask to climb the mountain. He was even more tiring under the condition of hypoxia and didn't have time to rest. The volcanic eruption was not something he could see just by wanting to see.
I heard from Phillips that there are 1,500 active volcanoes in the world, and about 60 of them will erupt every year. Not all of them are suitable for viewing like the one in front of you.
A large amount of hot lava flowed quietly from the crater and slowly flowed along the hillside, like boiled rice soup pouring out of the rice pot, flowing quickly.
The ground was dyed red, and the flames began to burn, but were extinguished by the helicopter.
The field of view is very wide. The volcano, which is more than 20 meters in diameter, has a diameter of about seven meters. The magma inside is boiling and constantly popping out. A large amount of volcanic ash floats, making it hazy in the distance, and you can already see some white ash under your feet.
The ground was reflected in red by lava. As the magma continued to gush out, the magma that had flowed out had just cooled down and darkened, and the one behind it was covered.
The scale of the No. 13 volcano is much larger than what Han Xuan saw now, and is still rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, at least thirty-five meters.
"It's so shocking. I didn't expect to see this when I came to travel!"
The tourists behind him poured out mineral water to wash their faces. When the tour guide wearing a yellow hat saw it, he also remembered something and shouted: "People with glasses put on all their glasses! Volcanic ash will hurt it!
Don’t drink water anymore. Go down the mountain and buy it. Wash the skin exposed outside more! Those who are not wearing masks use cloth to dip water to cover their noses! People who are uncomfortable tell me to go down the mountain and rest in the car!”
"How are you? Is there anything wrong?" Jason asked with his head down.
"It's okay, we have the upper hand here, there is not much dust." Han Xuan took a camera and took a few pictures at the volcano, with a regretful tone, "It would be great if I could see it at night. It would definitely be very beautiful at that time."
Gabriel turned to look at him and smiled, "It's only one pm now. It's still a few hours before dark, it won't last that long."
"This is not necessarily the case. Last time it erupted for seventeen hours, but the scale was much smaller than this. Only a few magma flowed out. After they cooled down, I found two sapphires there and were searched by people from the Park Service."
A tall woman next to her was also taking a camera to take pictures. She prepared a lot, with goggles and gas mask covering her face tightly. The voice of her speech came out and she almost couldn't hear it clearly.
Han Xuan asked her in confusion: "Sapphire? Is it brought out of magma?"
The woman smiled and said, "That's right, but there are not many. Only a small part of the lucky sapphires have not been melted by the magma. Every time a volcano erupts, someone comes to look for them. They are the purest sapphires. The two pieces I found are worth at least 10,000 US dollars, which is a pity..."
On the other side, a staff member from an observation station looked at the crater with a telescope and recorded the magma data. The light was too dazzling, as if he was looking at the sun, so he could only wear sunglasses.
Suddenly I saw several large bubbles coming out of the crater, the white smoke became thicker and scattered, and several Mars jumped out and splashed.
He put down his telescope and asked the people around him, "Did you see it? It seemed like it was spraying just now."
"Are you talking about ejection? How can a quiet volcano eject?" The old man took the telescope in his hand and raised it to see that the magma still emerged calmly as before.
Just as I was about to ask if I had read it wrong, the ground swayed violently.
The camera on the tripod fell. Rolled down the cliff, and the leaves of the millennium-old tree rustled down a lot.
Han Xuan stood by the railing, looking down at a stream flowing in the valley. He almost didn't stand firm when the ground was shaken. If it weren't for the wooden railings blocking it, he would have fallen down!
It lasted only three or four seconds, and my mind was blank. I closed my eyes and shouted, "It's an earthquake!"
"Let's go! Let's go down the mountain!" Jason threw away the water bottle in his hand and threw it into the grass at will. At this time, he was not concerned about civilization. If he really encountered an earthquake on the top of the mountain, it would be awful!
He carried Han Xuan with one hand, and there were screams of fright and screams around him. He ran down the mountain. Someone was squeezed and fell down. Seeing that the people next to him had no idea to help him, Gabriel pushed the crowd away and pulled him up.
He didn't even say thank you, with a few footprints on his body, and just stood up, he threw Gabriel's hand away and continued to run towards the plank road.
Seeing this scene, Jason decided to go down later. He stood far away from the cliff of the observation deck and shouted, "Don't squeeze! The earthquake didn't come! Let's go one by one!"
Han Xuan found that the woman he was talking to had fallen, and his forehead hit the fence, and was bleeding. He patted Jason to signal him to put him down, pointed at Owen and shouted: "Go and help her up, don't be on the edge of the cliff!"
Owen nodded, and ran around several people, reached out to pick her up, and was about to walk back, but the ground swayed again, and this time it lasted longer, and it took more than five seconds to stop!
The crying sounds around him became louder. Several old men, old women, and children fell and lay on the ground. Han Xuan heard the sound of thunder and quickly looked at the volcano. When he saw the scene in front of him, he widened his eyes in horror!
The magma in the crater seemed to be boiled, and lava bubbles emerged. After the earthquake, a crack broke open beside it, and the magma continued to gush out. The entire volcano collapsed, and the bang hit the lava, and the magma splashed more than ten meters high!
A large piece of the ground collapsed! The pit with a diameter of ten meters was all red! Thick smoke rolled!
The fire helicopter noticed something was wrong and quickly stayed away.
Not far from Han Xuan, the old man at the observation station's lips turned white. The earthquake meant that there was still powerful energy underground but not released. This means that there was no release of the earth.
"Don't squeeze! Go down the mountain and leave here! A bigger eruption is coming!"
The screams were drowned by the noise. Except for the exploration team members around him, it was probably only Han Xuan and the others who heard this. Jason was anxious to go down the mountain and asked Irving to put the woman down and look forward to the boy.
I walked around the crowd and looked around. There were all undeveloped woods and I couldn’t go down the mountain. The only passage was chaos, but also chaos!
In the panic, people have forgotten all the escape experience they learned before, and they have only the idea of running away!
When Huangshi Park learned that a crater was about to erupt, it was promoted as a tourist attraction. Now there are at least 500 tourists on this wide viewing platform, and the plank road is only more than one meter wide, so it is unlikely to evacuate quickly.
The veins on the neck were so anxious that they burst out. At this time, the formation was shaking violently again, and the interval was shorter. Han Xuan, Owen, and Gabriel squatted down against the old tree and put the injured woman in front of him.
"We should be able to squeeze down!" Gabriel and Jason not far away shouted.
Turning his head and looking at the exit of the plank road.
All of them are crazy!
Some people fall and step on them directly, and only a few rational ones will help them up!
"Don't!" A puppy seemed to be looking for support. Han Xuan reached out and hugged it and shouted, "It's more dangerous to go down now!"
The staff at the observation station, not knowing what they saw, stood up one after another. Even when the earthquake came, they struggled to stand up after falling.
Han Xuan felt numb from the back of his neck, and he held the old tree and looked at the volcano. Several cracks of more than ten meters were cracked on the surface, and there were fiery red magma underneath... (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!