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The sizable slugs are bright, but good at hiding.
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An Ancient Australian Volcano Is a Haven for Giant Pink Slugs

Just because they're huge and garish doesn't mean they're easy to find.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 31, 2020
The ash fell thick, and some will stick around.
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Ash From the Taal Eruption Will Stick Around ‘Pretty Much Forever’

Some ash particles will blow or wash away, but others will get sealed into the sedimentary record.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 15, 2020
San Michele Arcangelo Hypogeum.
Torre del Greco, Italy

San Michele Arcangelo Hypogeum

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.
Angahuan, Mexico

Troje Murals of Angahuan

Artwork celebrates the local culture in the region around the world’s youngest volcano.
The "Valley of Death" in Kamchatka, Russia.
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The History and Mystery of Russia’s 'Valley of Death'

A volcanic gorge in remote Kamchatka has given up some of its secrets—but not all of them.
Robin George Andrews December 3, 2019
Obsidian Dome
June Lake, California

Obsidian Dome

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.
Video

A Visit to Buffalo's Lava Lab

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Saint-Nectaire cheese, ripening in one of its famed caves.
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How Long-Ago Lava Flows Created a Unique French Cheese

Cellars chipped out of volcanic ash are the best place to age the famed Saint-Nectaire.
Emily Monaco November 19, 2019
Cave entrance
La Palma, Spain

Cueva de Las Palomas (Las Palomas Lava Tube)

Tour the inside of a massive lava tube formed during a 1949 volcanic eruption.
Northern fur seal pups on Bogoslof Island.
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Baby Alaskan Fur Seals Are Thriving Atop a Bubbling Undersea Volcano

They don't seem to mind the eruptions of Bogoslof Island, as long as there's squid and smoothtongue to eat.
Sabrina Imbler October 4, 2019
Scoria cone in the Waw an Namus caldera.
Libya

Waw an Namus

Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.
Columnar basalt along the Kanaio Coast.
Wailea-Makena, Hawaii

Kanaio Coast

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.
For Ancient Mesoamericans, the best way to chill was to get really, really hot.
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Ancient Mesoamericans Calmed Down and Hooked Up in Sweaty Steam Baths

Temazcales helped indigenous people let off steam, until colonialism came along.
Sabrina Imbler August 21, 2019
Lake Ilopango, under appropriately cloudy skies.
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When a Volcano in El Salvador Cooled Down the Entire World

It may have even helped bring on the bubonic plague.
Matthew Taub August 19, 2019
Capulin Volcano
Des Moines, New Mexico

Capulin Volcano

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
The gems and figures were found in the remains of a villa in Pompeii.
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Found: A Stash of Mystical Charms and Amulets in Pompeii

The ash-encased city always manages to surprise.
Isaac Schultz August 15, 2019
The Posbury Clump volcano, in all its faded glory.
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For Sale: Your Very Own (Extinct) Volcano

The regrettably named Posbury Clump could be yours for just $60,000 and change.
Sabrina Imbler August 1, 2019
Kircher's map of the Earth's core and volcanoes, from <em>Mundus Subterraneus</em>, is richly detailed.
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Stare Into the Belly of the Earth With 17th-Century Polymath Athanasius Kircher

How a visit to Vesuvius shaped his prescient vision of a hot core.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 30, 2019