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LUSI mud volcano, East Java, Indonesia

By Cascades Volcano Observatory 2007 (approx.)
Steam rises from a circular crater in the center of a watery lake of mud. Mud berms surround the hole, with dead, drowned trees reaching bare branches skyward. In the distance, villages of red-tiled houses are visible.
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The LUSI (Lumpur “mud”-Sidoarjo) mud volcano in East Java, Indonesia, has been erupting mud and gases since 2006. Eruption rates can be as high as 160,000 m3 per day, and the mud has displaced tens of thousands of people and caused billions of dollars in damage. USGS photo by Tom Casadevall, 2007.

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