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The world's largest volcano: Mauna Loa, which rises 30,000 feet (9,000 meters) above the seafloor Number of active volcanoes in the U S : 165
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The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years
- WATCH Mount Etna erupt: Europes largest volcano blows as tourists . . .
The ash cloud from the latest eruption had risen up to around 21,300 feet (6,500 m), or 4 miles (6 5 kilometers) into the sky, according to an update from the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
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The U S Geological Survey defines a volcano as a vent in Earth's surface, either on land or on the seafloor, from which molten rock called magma, as well as ash and gases, can erupt or ooze
- The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it . . .
"A volcano emitting the modest amounts of carbon dioxide that might presage an eruption isn't going to show up in satellite imagery," Robert Bogue, a doctoral student in volcanology at McGill
- Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will most likely end . . .
In 1992, volcanic tremor started about three weeks before Mount Spurr erupted Another nearby volcano that erupted in 2009, Mount Readout, showed volcanic tremor for two months before it blew its top
- Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, geologists . . .
The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon The Axial seamount erupts regularly — it rumbled to life in 1998, 2011 and 2015, according to
- River of fire flows from Mount Etna during crazy explosive outburst . . .
Mount Etna has had more than 30 different eruptive phases over the last century, totalling around 76 5 years between them The volcano's unusually high level of activity is due to its position on
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