Browsing through some random links on StumbleUpon (for those interested, my StumbleUpon profile is located here), I found this page on the Mexican volcano Parícutin.
Parícutin is famous for its unexpected and sudden birth in a cornfield on February 20, 1943. It began as a large fissure that opened in Dionisio Pulido’s field and quickly grew to a height of 336 meters within one year, burying nearby villages under cinder blocks and lava flows.
Source: Unknown.
Parícutin last erupted in 1952.
The walls of a church are all that remain in the town of Parícutin.
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