Volcanic landscapes: A gallery curated by ycanadaeditors | 29 photos

Here are some photographs of volcanic landscapes that will make you wonder if they were really taken on Earth. To open curated gallery click on Flickr (photo-sharing website): https://www.flickr.com/photos/100213906@N06/galleries/72157649178975360/

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Volcanoes change the Earth, long after the lava's gone. While ash and lava can kill, as they break down, they can create incredibly fertile soil, meaning the areas around volcanoes - especially those that are dead or have been dormant for decades - become incredibly bio-diverse.

Volcano 1. Magma chamber 2. Bedrock 3. Conduit (pipe) 4. Base 5. Sill 6. Branch pipe 7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano 8. Flank 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano 10. Throat 11. Parasitic cone 12. Lava flow 13. Vent 14. Crater 15. Ash cloud (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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