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The lava lake and the moon setting above the distant silhouette of Mauna Loa shield volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Clear view onto the lava lake inside Marum's west crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Mayon volcano mirrored in a flooded rice field (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Curved white surfaces at the white cliffs of Sarakiniko (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Slightly curved columns here (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Silhouettes of a group watching the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Muddy brown color of the remnant of the lake, now largely replaced by the active growing lava dome (Kelut volcano, East Java, Indonesia). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Chikurachki volcano (Paramushir Island) at sunset (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Sarakiniko's cliffs (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Lava lake inside Kilauea volcano's West Gap crater. The whole crust covering the lake has just been overturned, exposing the red hot glowing interior. hawaii_e7837 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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