Lyrics for the song “Ring Of Fire” by Johnny Cash
#JohnnyCash #RingOfFire
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As part of my project, I challenged myself to spot natural areas beyond the mainland United States, and even beyond Hawai'i and focused on various overseas territories of the country. One of those I spotted were the Northern Mariana Islands, and spotted the Northern and Southern Pagan Volcanoes.
These are two stratovolcanoes connected by a narrow isthmus. Both volcanoes are exposed calderas due to previous eruptions, which are caused by the subduction of the Pacific plate under the Mariana and Philippine plates.

Much like Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, this would-be national park would protect active lava flows (evident by North Pagan's basalt fields) and various endemic life like the Mariana fruit bat, the Myzomela rubratra ssp. asuncionis, and so on. Further, today, the island is semi-inhabited by a non-permanent population of Carolinian and Chamorro people.

One of the main environmental issues facing this remote area include invasive species such as cattle, Sambar deer, goats, pigs, Antigonon leptopus (love vines), Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip trees), and plans by the United States Navy to transform the island into a Range and Testing area under the belief it's permanently uninhabited.

#ringoffire #geomorphology #volcanism #volcano #unitedstatesofamerica #gis #googleearth #nationalpark #northernmarianaislands #marianaislands #micronesia #pacificocean #geography #nature #internationalspacestation #maps #unitedstatesofamerica #unitedstates
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck 31 kilometers northeast of Luganville, Vanuatu at 8:44 p.m. local time. Moderate shaking was felt across the islands, but officials have confirmed there is no tsunami threat. #Vanuatu #Earthquake #WorldNews #Seismology #RingOfFire
https://blazetrends.com/vanuatu-earthquake-7-3-magnitude-quake-strikes-near-luganville-no-tsunami-threat/?fsp_sid=206567
Vanuatu earthquake: 7.3 magnitude quake strikes near Luganville, no tsunami threat

A massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu on Monday night, rattling the archipelago but triggering no broader Pacific tsunami threat.

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“Our traditional lifestyle does take from the land but only in proportion to what we need to survive and nothing more… Once we take more than we need or take more out of sheer greed, it not only destroys our lives but also the lives of future generations.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #RingofFire #conservation #youth

https://www.windspeaker.com/under-northern-sky-xavier-kataquapit/mining-conference-brings-together-billion-dollar-interests

Mining conference brings together billion-dollar interests, but also grassroots pushback

By Xavier Kataquapit

Windspeaker.com
Mining in Ontario's Ring of Fire closer than ever, even without official fast-tracking
The Ring of Fire mining development in Northern Ontario has not been officially designated for fast-tracking by the federal or provincial governments, but at a mining conference in Toronto this week it was full steam ahead for the project.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ontario-critical-minerals-mining-climate-9.7117971?cmp=rss
Mining in Ontario's Ring of Fire closer than ever, even without official fast-tracking
The Ring of Fire mining development in Northern Ontario has not been officially designated for fast-tracking by the federal or provincial governments, but at a mining conference in Toronto this week it was full steam ahead for the project.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ontario-critical-minerals-mining-climate-9.7117971?cmp=rss