Exploratour - Volcanoes of the Solar System
This is a map of the ocean floor showing the location of the former volcanic island of Krakatoa.
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Image from: NOAA/NESDIS/National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO
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Image from: NOAA/NESDIS/National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO
Volcanoes are known to erupt with many different styles. Krakatoa, shown here near Java in Indonesia, was an example of a "phreatic", as opposed to pyroclastic volcanic eruption.
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