Volcanoes

There is a large crack in the earth. When hot liquids burst through this crack, and make holes in the earth volcanoes are formed. All of these volcanoesgive the crack its name, "The Ring of Fire." All of Califonia's volcanoes are dead except Mt. Lassen. The Ring of Fire is not only where volcanoes come from but it also causes earthquakes.

Mt. Lassen errpted in series of bangs from 1914 to 1917. Tons of hot ash, boulders, and melted rock [also known as lava] shot out. It made earth beneath snow turn to mud. Thick mud flowed down the sides of the mountain, knocking down anything in its path, in the end it ended up Filling lots of meadows with twenty feet of mud. Mt. Lassen is also a part of the Ring of Fire.

Another member of the Ring of Fire is Mt. Shasta. Mt. Shasta is located forty miles from the California/Oregon border, in the Cascade Range. Mt. Shasta is the second tallest mountain in the Cascade Range, at 14,162 feet and 4,317m. People can and do ski down Mt. Shasta in the winter, because it is not active. Many things and places have been named after Mt. Shasta including the city of Mt. Shasta which is located at the base of Mt. Shasta.