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Title: RAPID GROWTH OF A VOLCANO
Caption: In this 1943 photograph, Parícutin cinder cone in central Mexico is erupting a cloud of volcanic ash and gases. A basaltic lava flow has nearly buried the village of San Juan Parangaricutiro, leaving only the church steeple exposed. (Courtesy of Tad Nichols)
Keywords: volcanoes, volcanism, volcanic eruptions, cinder cones