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Ash pit. An ash pit is a remnant of a wildfire. It is a hole in the ground filled with ash, possibly containing hot embers beneath. It is one of the many hazards faced by those fighting wildfires. It is also a danger to residents and their pets returning after a wildfire has gone out. [1] [2]
An ash pond, also called a coal ash basin or surface impoundment, [1] is an engineered structure used at coal-fired power stations for the disposal of two types of ...
The fall of ash drifted downwind from the Bruneau-Jarbidge supervolcano eruption (in present-day Idaho), nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) west of the Ashfall site. A large number of very well preserved fossil Teleoceras (extinct hippo-like relatives of rhinos ), small three-toed and one-toed horses , camels , and birds have been excavated.
Drone video shows a neighborhood turned to rubble, with street after street of homes and buildings reduced to ash. Smoke hangs above the area, once lined with mansions and home to some of the ...
Small tar pit. La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years. Over many centuries, the bones of trapped animals have ...
Ash-induced flashover across transformer insulation (bushings) can burn, etch or crack the insulation irreparably and can result in the disruption of the power supply. [54] Volcanic ash can erode, pit, and scour metallic apparatus, particularly moving parts such as water and wind turbines and cooling fans on transformers or thermal power plants ...
The Ash Pit is an inactive volcanic crater on the southern edge of the Kitsu Plateau in British Columbia, Canada. It is Holocene in age and may be the youngest feature of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. It is within the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province and is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes.
Combustion produces ash concentrates ecotoxic heavy metals from waste into ash, mostly the fly ash component. This ash must be stored in specialized landfills. [53] The less toxic bottom ash (incinerator bottom ash, IBA) can be encased into concrete as a building material, but there is a risk of hydrogen gas explosion due to the aluminum ...