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Mountains and volcanoes around the world. |
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 | On the Island of Java, Indonesia, Mount Semeru released a volcanic plume on May 3, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra took this picture the same day. This image shows the opaque, gray-beige plume blowing toward the west over the island of Java. Scattered around the volcano are bright white clouds.
Semeru is a stratovolcano composed of ... |  | 08/29/2007 | 250 | 
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 | Vanuatu’s Lopevi Volcano released a plume on May 3, 2007. The same day, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the plume and its larger consequences. The U.S. Air Force Weather Agency reported an extensive area of vog resulting from the volcanic eruption. When gases from a volcano—particularly sulfur dioxide—react with oxygen, w... | | 08/29/2007 | 232 |
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 | On June 19, 2007, Mount Nyiragongo released a plume. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the blue-tinted plume blows over Lake Kivu toward the southeast. The plume’s light color suggests that it consists primarily of water vapor. A bright, opaque white puff at the volcano’s summit could be part of the... | | 08/29/2007 | 206 |
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 | Klyuchevskaya Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula released a plume on July 1, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. Although opaque white clouds float overhead in this image, skies are clear enough to allow an easy view of the volcanic plume. This westward-blowing plume appears to have a dual nature. T... | | 08/29/2007 | 196 |
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 | Bagana Volcano on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea sent a wispy plume southward on June 28, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying on NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, Bagana’s plume appears dingy gray, snaking its way over Bougainville and the Solomon Sea.
Bagana is a symmetrical cone formed from hardened... | | 08/29/2007 | 201 |
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 | On July 7, 2007, the Gamkonora Volcano on Halmahera, Indonesia, began releasing plumes of ash, according to a report from ABC News, Australia. Over the next few days, the volcano continued its activity, including ejecting flaming rocks. The activity forced the evacuation of some 8,600 residents. At 14:50 East Indonesian Time on July 9, the volcano erupted, according to ReliefWeb.
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 | Here you can see the famous italian volcano with skoke comming out of the craters. |  | 07/28/2007 | 728 |
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 | A caldera known as Caldera Blanca on Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. | | 06/22/2007 | 751 |
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 | This is Greenlands most famous mountain, located near the capital Nuuk.
Sermitsiaq means The Saddle in the native greenlandic language and you can really see it when you look at the photo.
It's 1210 meters tall (3980 feet) and around climbers it's one of the most difficult mountains in the world. | | 06/04/2007 | 1,432 |
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 | One of the most spectacular sights in the Bob Marshall is the Chinese Wall. Also known as the Lewis Overthrust, this wall is the result of the geologic upheaval in which Montana split "wide open" from Glacier Park on the north nearly to Yellowstone Park on the south. As the earth's crust split, the west side tipped up like a roof; the east side slid under the "roof" for near... | | 06/01/2007 | 998 |
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 | This has all the major peaks of the Adirondacks in NY labeled. Some trialheads and other points of interest are also labeled. |  | 05/21/2007 | 779 |
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 | 360 degree views, 570 metres above sea level. | | 04/12/2007 | 384 |
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 | The Finsteraarhorn is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps and the highest mountain in the Bernese Oberland. It is the third most prominent peak in the Alps. The view from the summit takes in the surrounding peaks in Switzerland, as well as mountains in France, Germany, Austria and Italy. | | 03/04/2007 | 979 |
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 | Picos de Europa in Spain, Cantabria, view from Fuente De side (turn relief on) |  | 02/20/2007 | 545 |
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 | Old Volcanos, Equatorial Guinea | | 02/12/2007 | 331 |
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 | Aerial of Mt. Suribachi from above before the assault on the island. |  | 02/12/2007 | 838 |
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 | From here you can go on a Jeep safari around the mountains of Mallorca. Ask for Ester and send regards from Jasmine | | 01/27/2007 | 306 |
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 | This is the world's highest granite monolith. It's in the Yosemite National Park, it is 1.095 meters high and 102 millions years old. | | 12/29/2006 | 747 |
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 | This erratic block is called the "Big Rock". It is the world's biggest identified one. It is 41 meters long, 18 meters wide and weighs 16.500 tons. "Big Rock" was promoted to here by the movement of a glacier from Athabasca Valley over a distance from 480 km. | | 12/28/2006 | 655 |
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 | Sunset Crater is a cinder cone located north of Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States. The crater lies within the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument.
Sunset Crater is the youngest in a string of volcanoes (the San Francisco volcanic field) that is related to the nearby San Francisco Peaks. It first erupted in 1064, and the last major eruption occurred in 1180, raising the ... | | 12/22/2006 | 542 |
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 | Mount Connor (also known as Attila or Artilla), reaching to 859 m (2,500 ft) above sea level and to 300 m (985 ft) above ground level, is located southeast of Lake Amadeus in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory, 88 km east-south-east of Uluru at the border of the vast Curtin Springs cattle station. Mount Conner is a flat-topped and horseshoe-shaped mountain and can easily be confused... | | 12/18/2006 | 546 |
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 | This file contains a few from a highly spectacular mountain in western Austria. Have a look, and - no rubbish - some people DO LIVE on this mountain! Kind of crazy, isn't it? |  | 12/06/2006 | 407 |
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 | This is the Pacaya Volcano, an active volcano in Guatemala. Not sure if it's smoking or if that is a cloud directly over the volcano. | | 11/24/2006 | 522 |
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 | Mount Baker (elevation 10,778 feet, 3,285 m) is a glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascades of Washington State in the United States about 30 miles (50km) due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County. It is also easily visible from much of Greater Victoria, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley just across the Canadian border to the north, and especially from the communities of ... | | 11/07/2006 | 488 |
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 | Fuss Peak is a stratovolcano located on the southern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Only one unambiguous eruption, in 1854, is known. Fuss Peak is still active. | | 10/27/2006 | 507 |
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