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=== Volcanos === | === Volcanos === | ||
[[File:Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|thumb|Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour|alt=Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|World's longest "lava tube"]] | |||
* Cueva de los Verdes ("the cave of Verdes") | |||
* * world's longest "lava tube" was created 3,000 years ago by the eruption of Monte Corona, Canary Islands | |||
** lava tubes are formed when a lava stream cools and solidifies at the top, while lava below continues to flow, leaving a cave after full draining. | |||
** the cave is 3.7 miles long on land and extends another 0.93 miles under water | |||
** see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Verdes Cueva de los Verdes (wikipedia)] | |||
* April's Fool volcano prank: | * April's Fool volcano prank: | ||
** on April 1, 1974, pranksters climbed atop the dormant 3002 ft high volcano, Mt. Edgecumbe, near Sitka, Alaska | ** on April 1, 1974, pranksters climbed atop the dormant 3002 ft high volcano, Mt. Edgecumbe, near Sitka, Alaska | ||