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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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