Day 2

We spent the night at the airport in Seattle, and boarded our flight bound for Japan. Most of the flight was spent sleeping, and by the time we touched down in Japan to refuel we were well rested. The flight attendant told us that Japan was another example of a subduction zone, as the pacific plate crashed against the Eurasian plate. Soon enough, we were back up in the air. Unfortunately, my son, when he went to the bathroom, accidentally hit his head on the ceiling of the lavatory. His head hit the smoke detector, and authorities quickly closed in, as disabling a smoke detector is a federal offense. The air marshal tackled my son, shattering many bones in his leg. The plane had to make an emergency stop in Kathmandu, Nepal. Lucky for us, a doctor was on board the plane. He was able to stabilize my son’s leg. As we were landing, we noticed that the Himalayas were just out of the window of our plane. I asked how they were created, and a flight attendant told me that the Himalayas were an example of a collision boundary, which occurs when two plates of the same density collide, forming a tall non volcanic mountain. These areas are also prone to earthquakes, as the plates keep ramming each other. The Himalayas used to be a subduction zone but currently it is a collision boundary, with India smashing into it causing the mountains. Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It sits at Latitude 28 N and Longitude 86 E.Below is a picture of a smoke detector on an airplane, Mt. Everest, and a diagram of a collision boundary.

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http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/tectonics/tectonics-collide.html

http://mteverest.com/