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The 'a'a lava flow front, is still moving,- very slowly. Blocks are tumbling from its top, setting fire to isolated bushes of broom. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The 'a'a lava flow front, is still moving,- very slowly. Blocks are tumbling from its top, setting f... [info]
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The lava flow has destroyed the cable car (Etna eruption July 2011). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Lava flow at Etna volcano, Italy. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Several effusive vents arranged in a row on top of a dyke, feeding lava flows into Puka Nui collapse pit at Pu'u 'O'o crater, Kilauea volcano. hawaii_e7579.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Several effusive vents arranged in a row on top of a dyke, feeding lava flows into Puka Nui collapse... [info]
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The lava flow from the 2500 m vent, reaching La Spienza and lava flow from the lower vent at 2100 m elevation to the right. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The lava flow from the 2500 m vent, reaching La Spienza and lava flow from the lower vent at 2100 m ... [info]
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Lava flows traveling down on Etna volcano's western flank. (Bocca Nuova eruption Oct 1999) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Lava flows traveling down on Etna volcano's western flank. (Bocca Nuova eruption Oct 1999) (Photo: T... [info]
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Large lava flow descending from Bocca Nuova crater (Etna volcano, 1999) (c) [info]
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Powerful eruptions from Bocca Nuova (Etna volcano). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Exploding gas bubbles at the vent produce a firework of spectacular spattering 10-20 m high. hawaii_e7554.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Exploding gas bubbles at the vent produce a firework of spectacular spattering 10-20 m high. hawaii_... [info]
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Lava flows in Puka Nui crater west of Puu Oo in July 2017 (Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i) (c) [info]
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Observing a new lava flow on Etna volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Rob and Adam at the new lava flow (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Whenever blocks detach from the lava flow front, the hot, glowing interior of the flow is exposed briefly. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Whenever blocks detach from the lava flow front, the hot, glowing interior of the flow is exposed br... [info]
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The front of the lava flow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The aa lava flow front. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The colapsed thin roof of pahoehoe lava over a nice lava channel. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Beautifully shaped walls of a lava channel turning into a tube at the south of the crater. The caldera wall is in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Beautifully shaped walls of a lava channel turning into a tube at the south of the crater. The calde... [info]
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Eruption from the new crater and silhouette of an old cable car. (c) [info]
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Thanks to its perfect setting and timing - mid July - the eruption receives lots of media coverage. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Thanks to its perfect setting and timing - mid July - the eruption receives lots of media coverage. ... [info]
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The lava flow and the bulldozer. Who's going to win? (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Night-time lava flow on Etna volcano. A photographer stands on the rim to the left. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Night-time lava flow on Etna volcano. A photographer stands on the rim to the left. (Photo: Tom Pfei... [info]
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Observers at the new lava flow of Etna (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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$Liquid lava floods older crust. The weight of the flooding lava causes new fractures and new segments of the crust to overturn (upper left of the photo). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)$

Liquid lava floods older crust. The weight of the flooding lava causes new fractures and new segment... [info]
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The trail follows the same path as once the lava - we're walking inside a nice small lava channel. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The trail follows the same path as once the lava - we're walking inside a nice small lava channel. (... [info]
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Lava flows from the NE rift zone have often invaded the beautiful forests on this side of Etna. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Lava flows from the NE rift zone have often invaded the beautiful forests on this side of Etna. (Pho... [info]
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The pumice quarries of Lipari and the obsidian lava flow "Rocce Rosse" (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Erupting hornitos at night. (c) [info]
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Lava fountains from the 2500 m crater and lava flows, with the city lights of Catania in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Lava fountains from the 2500 m crater and lava flows, with the city lights of Catania in the backgro... [info]
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The vent at 2100 m elevation and the lava flow that made it to within 4 km of Nicolosi village. (c) [info]
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Media, lava watchers and a bulldozer at work against the menacing lava flow. Lights of Catania in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Media, lava watchers and a bulldozer at work against the menacing lava flow. Lights of Catania in th... [info]
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$-80 m a.s.l. We have reached the flat bootom of the Danakil depression. A large, fresh-looking lava flow covers much of the area here. The extension and sinking of the earth's crust creates fractures through wich basalt is frequently erupted. Despite such eruptions and the deposition of sediments, the land is sinking. It's only a matter of (geologically) short time, before this land will be invaded by the sea and become ocean floor. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)$

-80 m a.s.l. We have reached the flat bootom of the Danakil depression. A large, fresh-looking lava ... [info]
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Lava flow at night and lights of Giarre in the background (Etna volcano) (c) [info]
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Australia meets lava on Sicily (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Our tour guide on Hawaii, Phil Ong at a lava flow at Kilauea in November 2008. Photo by S. Hammer
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Our tour guide on Hawaii, Phil Ong at a lava flow at Kilauea in November 2008. Photo by S. Hammer info]
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Reinhold and Peter near an older natrocarbonatite lava channel. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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View on the active south crater from the southern rim. The sun shines on the yellow walls of the caldera. In the background, the steaming north crater is visible. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

View on the active south crater from the southern rim. The sun shines on the yellow walls of the cal... [info]
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Folds and rope-like textures in the surface of the lava lake, caused by pushing of the plastic crust against a more rigid piece of crust to the left. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Folds and rope-like textures in the surface of the lava lake, caused by pushing of the plastic crust... [info]
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A volcano near Khaybar in a remote part of Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Paul Nicholson) [info]
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etna_5211.jpg (c) [info]
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All is red... The erupting crater and lava flows in between. (c) [info]
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Erupting hornito and a small lava flow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_4403.jpg (c) [info]
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etna_4337m.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_4334.jpg (c) [info]
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The lava flow and spattering at the 2100 m vent at night. (c) [info]
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Spattering and emission of a lava flow from the vent at 2100 m elevation, where a row of small cinder cones has been built around the eruptive fissure. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Spattering and emission of a lava flow from the vent at 2100 m elevation, where a row of small cinde... [info]
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The vents at 2100 m elevation. (c) [info]
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Photographer in front of the lava flow from the 2100 m vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_4014.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The lava flow and a blinding floodlight. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_4008.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The bulldozer continue to work during the night, building new dams and making existing ones higher. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The bulldozer continue to work during the night, building new dams and making existing ones higher. ... [info]
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etna_3929.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The lava flow at La Spaienza at night. Fortunately, the main buildings are spared (this time). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The lava flow at La Spaienza at night. Fortunately, the main buildings are spared (this time). (Phot... [info]
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The lava flow crosses the road, covering the parking lot, while bulldozers reinforce the dam shielding the main area of the complex. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The lava flow crosses the road, covering the parking lot, while bulldozers reinforce the dam shieldi... [info]
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Police watches the approaching lava flow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The parking lot is given up and it's tried to make at least a little, symbolic dam to show activity;-) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The parking lot is given up and it's tried to make at least a little, symbolic dam to show activity;... [info]
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etna_3822.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Spectators on the dam. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Landscaping on an active volcano: both bulldozers and lava flows transform the surface... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Landscaping on an active volcano: both bulldozers and lava flows transform the surface... (Photo: To... [info]
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July 27. Will the dam hold and contain the lava flow to the other side? Spectators, mostly journalists watch the lava flow invading La Sapienza. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

July 27. Will the dam hold and contain the lava flow to the other side? Spectators, mostly journalis... [info]
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The lava flow from the 2100 m vent (middle left) 4 km short of Nicolosi village. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The lava flow from the 2100 m vent (middle left) 4 km short of Nicolosi village. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffe... [info]
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Flowers on Etnas lava (Centranthus ruber) (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Part of an older lava flow at Aci Trezza (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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View over the ancient acropolis on methana to the lava flow of Panagitsa volcano in the background (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

View over the ancient acropolis on methana to the lava flow of Panagitsa volcano in the background (... [info]
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A fresh-looking lava flow occuies a depression alongside the road. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_8362.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_10899.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Detail of an advancing a'a lava flow during Etna's eruption of Bocca Nuova in 1999. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Detail of an advancing a'a lava flow during Etna's eruption of Bocca Nuova in 1999. (Photo: Tom Pfei... [info]
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Lava flow margin (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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etna_8354.jpg (c) [info]
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Lava flows descending on the western flank of Etna (c) [info]
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etna_8337.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Lava overflowing the western rim of Bocca Nuova, Etna volcano, in Oct 1999 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Lava flow at Etna volcano, Italy (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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