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NASA warns 'shark' volcano is about to erupt
An underground volcano in the Solomon Islands, nicknamed the 'shark volcano' because of two species of sharks that live in a submerged crater, are about to erupt in the…
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'8th natural wonder': The hot lake is like a fairyland
In June 1886, a series of earthquakes shook the Rotorua area in New Zealand. The volcano Tarawera has since also 'stirred' erupting violently. This is considered New Zea…
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The mystery of the valley full of strange square trees
A few miles north of the Panama Canal district is the Square Tree valley - a unique tourist attraction, home to exotic, square-shaped trees.
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What is special about the 'gold' in this volcano that makes hundreds of workers risk their lives to get it?
In the province of East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners risk their lives to get 'golden blocks' flowing from the crater of an active volcano with extremely harsh wor…
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The earth shakes 85,000 times because the 'fire monster' under the sea rises
Scientists have found the mysterious cause behind a series of earthquakes lasting from August 2020 to now: A fire monster hibernating in the cold waters of Antarctica su…
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Sea water suddenly turns red around the super volcano
The waters around the Campi Flegei supervolcano in Italy turn red, signaling increased activity below the water's surface.
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Important Discovery of Pluto's Ice Volcano
Ice volcanoes have been found to exist on a number of icy moons in the Solar System, however the ice volcanoes on Pluto have a different appearance from all other ice vo…
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Volcano in Indonesia erupts, creating a column of ash 1,500m . high
The column of ash formed from the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia reached 1,500 meters high on February 5, according to the country's Geological Agenc…
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The rock glows bright red like volcanic lava
A glowing, red-hot rock that looks like the lava of an erupting volcano has suddenly appeared in a field in Scotland.
Environment
Interesting facts about underground volcanoes on Earth
Most volcanic activity happens beneath the ocean – but not everyone knows it.
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The mystery of the mountain has a fire that has not been extinguished for 6,000 years
Located in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 224km north of Sydney, a 30m long coal seam deep in the heart of Mount Wingen has been smoldering for the past 6,000…
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Why did the Tonga volcano produce record amounts of lightning?
The undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano produces unprecedented amounts of lightning, accompanied by explosions that can be heard from thousands of kilometers away.
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The giant super volcano may lie under the Alaskan archipelago
The researchers found a lot of evidence suggesting the existence of a supervolcano connected to seven other volcanoes on the Aleutian Islands.
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Confusing photos of volcanoes from space
In the image of the Landsat 8 satellite, the long white streak above Mount Michael is difficult to distinguish as a special type of cloud or a regular plume of smoke.
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Top 8 destinations that promise a boom in Mars tourism in the future
Mars is a planet of spectacular contrasts - the largest giant volcanoes in the solar system, the deep valleys.