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Volcanoes--sinister and dangerous creations that wreak havoc and death, demanding fear and reverence from all. But yet, people show none. They have busy lives and don't have time for "silly" things such as destructive volcanic eruptions. On top of that, they have all seen the movies in which people have effortlessly escaped the wrath of magma flow of "the rather gentle and atypical volcanoes in Hawaii." These people willingly, and sometimes unknowingly, make themselves easy prey for volcanic eruptions. But there is one group of people--people who have seen the horror that volcanoes wreak, people who have thoroughly studied these monstrosities, people who want to protect lives from volcanoes--Volcanologists.
Volcanoes are absolutely terrifying parts of nature. Their eruptions are unpredictable, and the unpredictability of volcanic eruptions combined with the sheer destructive power of them creates a force that no human power can reckon with. What actually causes the majority of......

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