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Mauna Loa: lava Réunion: volcano
How volcanoes work, explained by a volcanologist
pahoehoe
Study how magma erupts as lava and turns into pumice or hardens to form a shield volcano
View lava erupting from a submarine vent near the Mariana Islands
The stages of lava: From eruption to cooling
What it's like to visit an active volcano
Kilauea volcano Giant's Causeway
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Arenal Volcano in northwestern Costa Rica in the province of Alajuela.
Are Volcanoes Dangerous When They’re Not Erupting?
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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
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Iceland’s ‘land of ice and fire’ erupts again • Apr. 1, 2025, 6:29 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
WATCH LIVE: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano sporadic eruption resumes as lava pours out of a summit vent • Mar. 27, 2025, 12:46 AM ET (PBS)

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Mauna Loa: lava
Réunion: volcano
pahoehoe
Kilauea volcano
Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway
Galapagos Islands: Fernandina Island
lava from Kilauea
lava flow
volcanology
How volcanoes work, explained by a volcanologist
Study how magma erupts as lava and turns into pumice or hardens to form a shield volcano
View lava erupting from a submarine vent near the Mariana Islands
The stages of lava: From eruption to cooling
What it's like to visit an active volcano
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