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Fire and ice where glaciers cap active volcanoes

Hexagonal basalts are created during the abrupt cooling of basaltic lava. Vatnajokull National Park, Asbyrgi, Iceland.
Hexagonal basalts are created during the abrupt cooling of basaltic lava. Vatnajokull National Park, Asbyrgi, Iceland. © Catherine Christopoulou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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