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Old 06-02-10, 02:17 PM   #1
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If it were miles it would be rather warm in Guatamala city right about now...

Still, it has happened.

Parícutin started life as a small fissure in a farmers field in Mexico in 1943 and is now 2800m high!
The cone is only 400m high. 2800m is the absolute altitude from sea level
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Old 06-02-10, 05:46 PM   #2
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The cone is only 400m high. 2800m is the absolute altitude from sea level
Ah...yes...good point. Still, no mole hill

(I wondered what absolute altitude meant, and now I know. Thanks )
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