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Discover how the volcanic island of Surtsey formed for ash and lava erupting from the seafloor near Iceland
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Discover how the volcanic island of Surtsey formed for ash and lava erupting from the seafloor near Iceland
Beginning in November 1963, an eruption of ash and lava from the seafloor off the...
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Formation of Surtsey island, off the southern coast of Iceland, 1963.
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