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Image: Bands of glowing magma from submarine volcano

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Description: Bands of glowing magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, are exposed as a pillow lava tube extrudes down slope. Image is about three feet across in an eruptive area about 100 yards that runs along the summit.
Title: Bands of glowing magma from submarine volcano
Credit: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091217_volcano2.html (direct link)
Author: NOAA/National Science Foundation
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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