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Volcanoes

Vents or fissures in the earth's crust through which gases, molten rock, or lava , and solid fragments are discharged.

A caldera on Mount Etna.

An old lava flow on Mount Etna.


See also: Aa, Richter Scale, Seismic, Seismograph.

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