Engineers have tried to corral a mud volcano in Indonesia that has covered more than 1,700 acres with mud.
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When mud, fluids and gases erupt at the Earth’s surface, they hint at what’s happening underground, allowing scientists to build a more comprehensive 3D view of what’s going on inside our planet.
Lava flow moves in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii, May 6, 2018.
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Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
Now abandoned, part of Sidoarjo town is entombed in mud metres thick.
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The world’s largest mud volcano has consumed several villages, but we’re no closer to the answer of how and why it began.