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  2. Parícutin - Wikipedia

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    Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.

  3. Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field - Wikipedia

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    Parícutin: The Volcano Born in a Mexican Cornfield, Edited by James F Luhr and Tom Simkin, Phoenix AZ: Geoscience Press, 1993. The definitive collection of reports and documentary illustrations of the eruption and its effects up to the date of publication. Peakbagger.com Parícutin: Credits. Retrieved April 16, 2008. Volcano World (El Jorullo).

  4. List of volcanoes in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Notable volcanoes in Mexico include Popocatépetl, one of the country's most active and dangerous volcanoes, Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), the highest peak in Mexico, and Parícutin, a cinder cone volcano that famously emerged from a cornfield in 1943. Mexican volcanoes play a significant role in the country's geography, climate, and culture ...

  5. File:Basaltic Andesite from Paricutin volcano in Mexico ...

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  6. Portal:Volcanoes/Selected picture - Wikipedia

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    Wildfire on the island of Hawaiʻi caused by pāhoehoe lava flowing on the coastal plain of Kīlauea. The new lava is moving across the old surface, which is covered with a roughly 1-inch (2.54 cm)-thick layer of moss. The burning moss generates the smoke visible in the image. This kind of fire cannot be easily prevented or suppressed.

  7. Iceland volcano - latest: Stunning footage shows 100m high ...

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    Stunning footage has shown 100m high lava waves lap up out of an Icelandic ridge following the eruption of a volcano on the island. The dramatic scene can be seen up to 20km away after the skies ...

  8. Volcanic cone - Wikipedia

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    Parícutin, the Mexican cinder cone which was born in a cornfield on February 20, 1943, and Sunset Crater in Northern Arizona in the US Southwest are classic examples of cinder cones, as are ancient volcanic cones found in New Mexico's Petroglyph National Monument.

  9. New island emerges after undersea volcano erupts off Japan ...

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    An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long. The unnamed undersea volcano, located ...