This volcanic archipelago, with its spectacular landscapes, is situated off the coast of the Hebrides.
When Curiosity approached the volcanic rock, there was never really any expectation that it would pique great excitement.
Flying at just below 10, 000 feet, research instruments identified three distinct layers of volcanic residue.
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Volcanic processes disturbed the mass balance of the glacier, thereby accelerating the ablation processes.
Its surface is no more unpleasant than the inside of a volcanic vent, where bacteria thrive.
The magma bubbles up through the crust, ultimately bursting to the surface and forming volcanic eruptions.
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He's already reserved a plot in a neighboring volcanic crater known as Diamond Head.
Gilmour discovered that Wakaya ginger grew well in the fertile volcanic soil near his house.
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One confounding factor is that the late Cretaceous was also a period of great volcanic activity.
This led him to wonder what could possibly have caused such a sudden volcanic surge.
It is the oldest of three oceanic volcanic islands in the Gulf of Guinea.
No one denies that volcanic ash can cause jet engines to fail in flight.
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By tapping into underground volcanic heat, geothermal plants can generate almost limitless clean power.
We head uphill, across crumbly volcanic rock through a narrowing defile that rises to the top of a ridge.
Features include cave hamams (Turkish baths), rock-cut arches, walls patterned with volcanic colour-banding and panoramic terraces surveying the valleys.
Natural aerosols are produced by sea salt, desert dust, volcanic eruptions and smoke from forest fires.
Whatever mystery awaits within those pages will surely keep my mind off of any mid-flight volcanic explosions.
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First of all, there is no molten lava or volcanic force being tapped in this geothermal project.
But few are prepared for a massive volcanic eruption that threatens to leave them stranded for days.
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Paradoxically, its surface appears to be shaped by the deformation of the crust and by volcanic activity.
The Philippine archipelago is located in the Pacific "Ring of Fire, " where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.
Ocean waves broke on the volcanic rock below, and we sat for a long while before heading back.
Last year passenger numbers were down by 2.25% but much of this was attributed to the volcanic ash.
Such spherules can form through the action of water, but a volcanic or impact origin is also possible.
Like a group of five rifles and guns made in the mid-19th century by Volcanic Repeating Arms Co.
The tourists are believed to have been visiting an inhospitable volcanic region in Afar when the violence happened.
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More likely, craters on both the earth and the moon were the acne scars left by volcanic eruptions.
They're crowded together on a mound of black volcanic rock, and they're squawking and cooing their hearts out.
"Then it cooled, and the wood was locked in the volcanic rock, " Wolfe told LiveScience in an email.
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