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View onto the caldera and its ice

... that the caldera of the volcano Sollipulli is filled with ice (pictured)?
... that one of the greatest mountain ranges in China is made up of multiple individual tectonic blocks, dividing north and south China?
...that residents of California buy more earthquake insurance than residents of any other U.S. state?
...that Lake Urmia, Iran's largest lake, is too salty to support fish?
...that a large titanosaur nesting ground was recently discovered in Auca Mahuevot, in Patagonia in Argentina, and another colony has reportedly been discovered in Spain?
... that landslides from the 1981 Irian Jaya earthquake destroyed 150 homes and cut off transportation for more than 2,000 people?

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