Hoodoo Mountain is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its flat-topped summit is covered by an ice cap that is more than 100 metres (330 feet) thick and at least 3 kilometres (2 miles) in diameter, and has an elevation of 1,850 metres (6,070 feet). The primary rock types comprising the volcano are phonolite and trachyte, which were deposited during six periods of eruptive activity beginning about 85,000 years ago. There was at least one period of explosive activity. The latest eruptive period began around 10,000 years ago. A lava flow covering the southwestern slope may have been produced within the last few hundred years. There have been periods of seismic activity since at least the mid-1980s, indicating possible future eruptions. Two valley glaciers on the sides of the mountain have retreated significantly over the last hundred years. The closest communities are more than 30 kilometres (20 miles) away.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1511:

War of the League of Cambrai: Troops led by Pope Julius II captured Mirandola after a brief siege. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mirandola_%281511%29

1930:

In Watsonville, California, tensions between nativists and Filipino Americans escalated into riots that later spread to other cities in the state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonville_riots

1972:

The French newspaper L'Aurore revealed that the former Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon", had been found to be living in Peru. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie

2012:

The Hong Kong–based file-sharing website Megaupload was shut down by the FBI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

gumption: 1. (Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. 2. (US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative. 3. (US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gumption

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To understand a science it is necessary to know its history.   --Auguste Comte https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Auguste_Comte