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Keywords: volcano, Earth
![Снег над озером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/11/30/0001201326/lakeeffect_seawifs.preview.jpg)
30.11.2004
What are those strange clouds stretching out from these lakes? The clouds are caused by cold air moving over a warm water and result in bands of lake-effect snow. The rising bands of moistened, warmed air that drop lake-effect snow alternate with clear bands of falling cold air.
![Ударный кратер Маникуаган](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/01/01/0001201692/manicouagan_sts9.preview.jpg)
1.01.2005
Manicouagan Crater in northern Canada is one of the oldest impact craters known. Formed about 200 million years ago, the present day terrain supports a 70-kilometer diameter hydroelectric reservoir in the telltale form of an annular lake. The crater itself has been worn away by the passing of glaciers and other erosional processes.
![Земля через 250 миллионов лет](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162401/PangeaUltima_scotese_big.preview.jpg)
2.10.2000
Is this what will become of the Earth's surface? The surface of the Earth is broken up into several large plates that are slowly shifting. About 250 million years ago, the plates...
![Новый активный вулкан на спутнике Юпитера Ио](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/10/23/0001171888/IoNewVolcano_galileo.preview.jpg)
16.10.2001
Would a volcano plume discovered in January above Jupiter's Moon Io still be active months later? To answer this question, the robot spacecraft Galileo currently in orbit around Jupiter was maneuvered to image the plume site during its recent flyby of Io in August.
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