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5 Most Incredible Lava Lakes On Earth

What looks like a light show in a crater is actually a lava lake. Long-lasting lava lakes are extremely rare because they require active volcanoes with eruptions that produce enough active lava. Currently, there are only five lava lakes in the world: Erta Ale in Ethiopia, Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kilauea in Haiwaii, Mount Erebus in Antarctica and Villarrica in Chile. Let’s take a closer look at these natural wonders…

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Ethiopia Experiences World’s Largest Lava Flow

Metre-wide cracks in the ground suddenly split open, as red-hot rock and ash are thrown violently into the air. It’s like a vision of how the Earth behaved in prehistoric times. Except these events have happened within the last three years in Ethiopia’s Afar region. And a matter of days ago there was more extreme volcanic activity there, with reports of the the largest recorded lava flow in history.

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