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Molten lava flows down the dark slopes of Kilauea volcano as Puu Oo vent erupts, spewing bright orange lava and ash into the air in Hawaii.

Mount St. Helens erupting with a massive ash plume rising above the volcano, viewed from across Yale Lake with forested hills in the foreground.

A massive ash cloud rises from the erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, with a farm and green fields in the foreground under a blue sky.

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Bright orange lava and thick white smoke rise from the crater of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, viewed from above with the surrounding dark landscape visible.

Kilauea volcano

Magma streaming down a volcano.

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