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Mud literally oozes out of the ground, forming mini volcanoes![]() |
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Natural gas bubbling up through the mud causes them to pop![]() |
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The mud is being squeezed out of young rocks as the Caspian Basin subsides![]() |
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The mud is cold so the kids can just charge around![]() |
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Getting up close and personal![]() |
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The boys investigating![]() |
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Henry and Emma scaling one of the larger volcano cones we saw![]() |
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The crater![]() |
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The mud is pretty viscous![]() |
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A new volcano forming![]() |
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Emma found out that the crust at the edge of this mud lake was pretty thin!![]() |
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Volcano mud!![]() |
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Grace![]() |
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Kirstie and Steve![]() |
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The volcanoes occasionally catch fire, with the mud in the cones getting baked into very sharp rocks![]() |
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