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Mt. Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand. Ruapehu is one of a line of
active volcanoes that marks the margin between the Australian-Indian
and the Pacific tectonic plates. In a recent eruption, Ruapehu
blasted the acidic waters out of its crater lake and over the
surrounding countryside.
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Communism Peak, Tajikistan.
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Communism Peak, Tajikistan.
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Chile Mountain.
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Black Hills, South Dakota are in the foreground of this panorama, and
the Bighorn Mts. of Wyoming, another Rocky Mt. range, are farther NW.
Ft. Peck reservoir is at upper center and Lake Sakakawea is at right.
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Black Hills, South Dakota - a rare full-frame view of this uplifted
mountain block in the foreland of the Rockies.
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Allegheny Mts. Old folded mountain ranges formed by the collision of
Africa and North America ~280 million years ago. Drainages are
sharply outlined by low clouds/fog.
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Bermuda, boilers.
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Western Alps, upper Po River valley, Torino, smog. North-trending
faults of the eastern Rhone rift cut the older folded mountains.
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Cerro Colorado, Coahuila, Mexico. Fluorspar, a source of fluorine for
use in steel and chemical manufacture, is mined around the central
igneous mass.
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