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Inside the Giant Volcano That Is Breaking All the Science Rules!

Photo: Alain Bonnardeaux / Unsplash
Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, has a secret origin story that is puzzling scientists. Instead of forming the normal way, this giant mountain might be fueled by super-deep pockets of magma [hot liquid rock] squeezing up through giant cracks in the Earth. If this is true, it means there is a rare, secret category of volcanoes we are only just beginning to understand!
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