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Don't daydream in low-lying places in Kīlauea caldera

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Dead trees on the south side of Mammoth Mountain in eastern California. Exceptionally high concentrations of carbon dioxide gas were found in the soil that lies beneath these trees. Photograph by K. McGee on September 12, 1996.

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