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A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years
As vacationers flew to the Caribbean on a Boeing 737 in 2010 they heard the pilot get on the intercom and calmly announce "Ladies and gentlemen, if you look to the left of the plane, you'll see a... »
Fiery Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dylan, gabeschwartz and 2 others
Underwater volcanic eruption forms new island off the coast of Tonga
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is an underwater volcano off the coast of Tonga, just 62km (39 mi) northwest of the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa. The volcano gets its name from the two small islands... »
Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Anomalous Islands | Edited by anhie and Dylan
A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash
1400 years ago the residents of the Mayan village of Ceren abandoned their town as a volcano erupted in the distance. Within days the village was buried under 16-21 feet of wet volcanic ash.... »
Fiery Wonders, Ghost Towns, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcano's, Azerbaijan features a messy, bubbling, and sometime explosive landscape
In 2001, in Azerbaijan, something unexpected happened. The ground began to move in an unusual way...
"It looked as though an animal was trying to get out of the ground...There was a big... »
Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan
One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves
The town of Pucón, Chile lives next to a very large and sometimes very grumpy neighbor, the Villarrica volcano.
Though it is called Villarrica today, its original name was Rucapillán or "House... »
Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by Dylan and Annetta
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey
In the winter of 951, Bishop Godescalc of the French village Le Puy-en-Velay returned from an overland journey to the shrine of St. James, located about 1000 miles away, across the Pyrenees, in... »
Fiery Wonders, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others
Central America's deepest lake is actually an volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Although it is recognized as Central America's deepest lake (estimated at over 340 meters), Atitlán is so deep it has yet to be properly sounded. It is the result of a massive volcanic explosion... »
Watery Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Michael Peters and Annetta
