Volcano World Cup: Group G

We're nearing the end of the Group Stage here in the Volcano World Cup. Check out the voting for Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E and Group F. Today we have a group that might most closely resemble its real world counterpart in terms of difficultly - the dreaded Group G: Germany, Ghana, Portugal and the United States. Germany: The largest country of central Europe might not be the first country you think of when you're pondering the largest eruptions on the continent. However, a relatively unassuming lake in western Germany was the site of just that -- the Laacher See (see below) is a caldera that produced an eruption that spread ash as far as Sweden and Norway and buried much of the area around present day Dusseldorf and Koln with meters of ash. Sure, that eruption was over 12,000 years ago, but the caldera likely still hosts some (cooling) magma as carbon dioxide seeps through the bottom of the lake (but no, isn't ready to blow).