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Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history happened 7300 years ago

The Kikai-Akahoya eruption of an underwater volcano off the coast of Japan ejected enough material to fill Lake Tahoe twice, three times as much as the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815

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Iojima Island in Japan sits at the edge of the huge underwater Kikai-Akahoya volcano caldera

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Giant magma flow in Iceland was the fastest ever recorded

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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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The best photos of the natural world in 2023

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Popocatepetl near Mexico City

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Popocatépetl: Predicting Mexico's most dangerous volcano

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Iceland volcano: 15km magma tunnel under town threatens to erupt

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Ice-spewing supervolcano may have been found on Pluto

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Long Exposure Of Tungurahua Volcano Exploding In The Night Of 29 11 2011 Ecuador Shot With Canon Eos Mark Iv Converted From Raw Large Amount Of Noise Visible At Full Size; Shutterstock ID 109905245; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Stunning image of erupting volcano reminds us of Earth’s violent past

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Small dome in the Compton-Belkovich region (61.33 ?N, 99.68 ?E). Evidence indicates a volcanic origin for this and other intriguing features in the region. Incidence angle is 64?, Sun is from the SSW, image is ~510 m across. NAC image number M139238146L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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There’s a huge radioactive slab of volcanic granite buried on the moon

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Kīlauea volcano: Watch live footage of the eruption in Hawaii

The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii has begun erupting, spewing volcanic gas and ash across the island

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Tonga volcano eruption disrupted satellites halfway around the world

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Alamy Live News. 2PM361B This handout photo released by the Head of the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district Oleg Bondarenko on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, shows volcanic ash covering the ground in Ust-Kamchatsky district after the Shiveluch volcano's eruption on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russian far east. Shiveluch, one of Russia's most active volcanoes, erupted Tuesday, spewing clouds of ash 20 kilometers into the sky and covering broad areas with ash. (The Head of the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district Oleg Bondarenko via AP) This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

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Shiveluch volcano eruption in Russia smothers nearby villages in ash

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A map of Venus that shows the distribution of volcanoes varying in size from less than 5 kilometres in diameter to more than 1000 kilometres in diameter.

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This map of Venus shows every volcano we know about on its surface

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Venus - 3D Perspective View of Maat Mons Photojournal: PIA00106 Source: NASA/JPL Published: May 10, 2004 Maat Mons is displayed in this computer generated three-dimensional perspective of the surface of Venus. The viewpoint is located 634 kilometers (393 miles) north of Maat Mons at an elevation of 3 kilometers (2 miles) above the terrain. Lava flows extend for hundreds of kilometers across the fractured plains shown in the foreground, to the base of Maat Mons. The view is to the south with the volcano Maat Mons appearing at the center of the image on the horizon and rising to almost 5 kilometers (3 miles) above the surrounding terrain. Maat Mons is located at approximately 0.9 degrees north latitude, 194.5 degrees east longitude with a peak that ascends to 8 kilometers (5 miles) above the mean surface. Maat Mons is named for an Egyptian Goddess of truth and justice. Magellan synthetic aperture radar data is combined with radar altimetry to develop a three-dimensional map of the surface. The vertical scale in this perspective has been exaggerated 10 times. Rays cast in a computer intersect the surface to crate a three-dimensional perspective view. Simulated color and a digital elevation map developed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to enhance small-scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft. The image was produced by the Solar System Visualization project and the Magellan Science team at the JPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory and is a single frame from a video released at the April 22, 1992 news conference.

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Vent on Venus is clearest sign yet the planet is volcanically active

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