Famous Eruptions

In the same spirit

• Earthquakes That Changed Cities

  After the 1755 quake, Lisbon tested its new buildings by marching soldiers round them.

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• Living with Volcanoes

  The rich soil that feeds them is the same ash that once buried their towns.

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• Chasing the Northern Lights

  A solar storm in 1859 lit skies so bright that gold miners got up to make breakfast.

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