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Posted August 10, 2021

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Volcanoes

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In this truly explosive episode that will have you erupting with laughter, we share our lava of volcanoes! This is a hot one, folks!

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Sources:

[Hear Ye]

Round 1 Audio

Source: NOAA Ocean Exploration

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april29/media/movies/spectragram.html

Round 2 Audio

Audio Credit: Robin Matoza

Citation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486

Round 3 Audio

Audio Credit: Robin Matooza

Citation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486

Round 3 Audio - Airplane

Credit: PDX Aviation

PDX Aviation - https://www.youtube.com/user/buybygb

[Fact Off]

Elephant salt mining in extinct volcano

http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/MtElgon/index.htm

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240675138_Formation_of_cave_salts_and_utilization_by_elephants_in_the_Mount_Elgon_region_Kenya

https://eawildlife.org/east-african-wildlife-societys-mount-elgon-elephant-project-eawls-meep/

https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/faq/how-volcano-defined-being-active-dormant-or-extinct

https://theconversation.com/how-volcanoes-recycle-the-earths-crust-to-uncover-rare-metals-that-are-vital-to-green-technology-125159

https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/africa/mount-elgon-uganda

Parícutin volcano