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Part of the Royal Gardens subdivision, Hawai’i. Although the lava flow spared the house when this picture was taken, it was covered by a subsequent flow. Following spread: p. 42: Aerial view of a lava tube on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai’i p. 43: Open lava tube on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai’i
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Geothermal pool near the Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, Iceland. The Blue Lagoon was accidentally formed in 1976 from wastewater of the Svartsengi geothermal power plant. Today, despite its odd setting, its serves as a spa for tourists. Following spreads: p. 46: The Svalbard Archipelago, located halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, is home to polar bears, reindeer, and marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, seals, and walruses. Its icy landscape also provides a breeding ground for many Arctic seabirds, such as the Arctic tern, which migrates north from Antarctica. Common species include the little auks seen in this photo. p. 47: Zavodovsky, the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, is a bleak, uninhabited, volcanic nubbin, largely covered in snow and ice. Only 3 miles across, it is dominated by an active stratovolcano, Mount Asphyxia, and is home to one of the largest chinstrap penguin colonies in the world, about a million pairs. pp. 48–49: The Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, is about 250 miles long and is home to a number of emperor penguin colonies.
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