Re: SCHÖNE VULCANOS NR LETZT von Willem
Geschrieben von Willem van Blijderveen am 31. Oktober 2001 23:56:32:
Als Antwort auf: Re: SCHÖNE VULCANOS NR LETZT von Willem geschrieben von sigi am 30. Oktober 2001 21:52:54:
>hallo pitt,
>dieses jahr konnte ich einen kleinen teil islands kennenlernen. sage mal, wo wurde denn das schöne bild aufgenommen?
>schönes wochenende.
>sigi
Hello Sigi, the photo of vulcano nr. letzt is taken from the Laki-vulcano in the South of Iceland. It is part of a 24 km-long craterrow and it was the result of an eruption in the year 1783 which lasted nine months. The lava-outflow was 565 km2 and because of poisonned gasses grass didn't grow anymore and therefor 10.000 cows (50% of the total in Iceland), 27.000 horses (76%), 187.000 sheep (79%) died. Because of that in the next 3 years 1/4 of the population died of starvation and Denmark (Iceland was a Danish colony that time) considered to evacuate the rest of the Icelandic people to Jutland (N-Denmark).... So it is a very nice place now, but it wasn't in 1783.