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Vivid reminders that our planet is geologically active, volcanic eruptions are generated by the same heat engine that drives Earth's plates. Volcanoes form at places where large quantities of heat escape at the surface-sometimes quite dramatically. Earth's volcanoes vary widely in size, form, and explosivity. Some erupt violently, others pour out rivers of lava. This diversity is largely related to their plate-tectonic environments.

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