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 * ... that the largest maars (example pictured) on Earth, found at the Alaskan volcanic field of Espenberg, formed when magma explosively interacted with ice in the ground?
 * ... that part of the spire of Zagreb Cathedral broke off during a 2020 earthquake?
 * ... that a fisherman who was presumed dead during Typhoon Emma in 1959 returned for his funeral meal ten days later?
 * ... that the 1992 St. George earthquake caused more damage outside St. George, Utah, than within it?
 * ... that the Valley of the Volcanoes in Peru, with its many lava flows and scoria cones, is of interest both to tourists and scientists?
 * ... that Black Cap Mountain can be seen from both Bangor, Maine, and the sea?