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=== Volcanos ===
=== Volcanos ===
[[File:Mt.Mayon tam3rd.jpg|thumb|Mt.Mayon, Philippines, with a "perfect" cone (wikipedia)]]
[[File:Mt.Mayon tam3rd.jpg|thumb|Mt.Mayon, Philippines, with a "perfect" cone (wikipedia)]]
* Mt. Mayon, Philippines
* '''Mt. Mayon, Philippines'''
** a stratovolcano that has a near-perfectly symmetric, or "perfect", cone
** a stratovolcano that has a near-perfectly symmetric, or "perfect", cone
** = the most active volcano in the Philippines
** = the most active volcano in the Philippines
** traditionally worshipped
** traditionally worshipped
** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon
** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon
[[File:Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|thumb|Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour|alt=Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|World's longest "lava tube" (wikipedia)]]
[[File:Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|thumb|Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour|alt=Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour.jpg|World's longest "lava tube" (wikipedia)]]
* Cueva de los Verdes ("the cave of Verdes")
* '''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
* * 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.
** 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
** 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)]
** 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
** a helicopter had dropped off old tires, kerosene, smoke bombs and rags, which the pranksters lit and threw into the crater
** a helicopter had dropped off old tires, kerosene, smoke bombs and rags, which the pranksters lit and threw into the crater