Darren New wrote:
> Now, volcanos I think don't tend to be quite so vertical, nor quite so 
> symetric.

Tough to generalize.


Some like these:
   http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/images/JPG/small_screen/fig62.jpg
   http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-tours/uploads/pics/semeru_53206_01.jpg
  
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/images/JPG/large_screen/fig95.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/album.html&h=696&w=1024&sz=212&tbnid=zxYNryPeanCIFM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=150&hl=en&start=10&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsteep%2Bvolcano%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
   http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/images/JPG/small_screen/fig70.jpg
   http://www.uoguelph.ca/~sadura/igref/strato.jpg
   http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/13124/11_026_23.jpg
are very symmetric.

And this one:
  
http://www.volcanos.ms/images/Guatemala/2003_04_14_Expedition_Fuego/fuego_exped-9d-rueckweg-nach-soledad-fuego-eruption.jpg
seems very steep.


> I also doubt you'd find snow on the slopes of an active volcano, as it's 
> not unusual for the ground to be like 3000 degrees six inches down. 

quite a few of those linked above have snow and appear active.

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