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= The Paricutin Volcano =

By: Angela C. 

The Wonder of the World that I chose to write about is the Paricutin Volcano. This volcano was born on a Mexican cornfield in Michoacan, Mexico on February 20,1943. The volcano is no longer living and also it gave science the once in a lifetime chance to study an amazing volcano. Which is why the Paricutin Volcano is a World Wonder.  During the Paricutin Volcano's lifetime it had a rapid growth throughout its whole life. The next morning after the volcano had grown, the cone had already rose 30 ft. Then later that day it grew another 120 ft. During the night the cone blew bombs of lava more than 1,000 ft. into the sky and massive river of lava rolled over the cornfields. Within a week the Paricutin's cone had reached 500 ft! By year's end the Paricutin Volcano had grown to a hieght of about 900 ft. The Paricutin Volcano also had monsterous eruptions and explosions. The volcano is the only one of several hundred in the area that erupted during historic times. The worst eruption took place in 1943, when lava was rising as low as 50 ft. from its rim. Then one of the Paricutin Volcano's last major eruptions killed about 1,000 people. On February 25, 1952 the Paricutin Volcano died in an instant.

Now, in the year of 2009, the Paricutin Volcano came into the world the same way it went out- with a sudden surprise. The volcano now stands 1,345 ft. and  hasn't grown a foot since then. The Paricutin Volcano is in its final resting place 200 miles west of Mexico City in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. I think that no one in Paricutin ever forgot this incredibly, amazing volcano.

The Paricutin Volcano had a crazy and magnificant life. This is probably to me the most interesting subject I have ever studied in my life. I now know why this volcano is so important- it wasn't the damage that it did that made it significant, it was that the Paricutin Volcano gave science the opportunity to study something that can only come once in a lifetime. This is why the Paricutin Volcano is one of the Wonders of the World. 


