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When a volcano erupts, the lava that shoots up in the air(some times it just rolls down) it just doesn't stay in the air. Gravity pulls it down to Earth and the lava falls everywhere. Over a period of time, the lava hardens making mountains of igneous rock. Thank you, Gravity.

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