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Spectacular photographs show volcano churning out 1,000 degrees Celsius lava lakes that look like they belong at Lord of the Rings' Mount Doom
Daily Mail   12 June 2016   Nicaragua   Masaya Volcao  
The landscape is lit up beautifully by the bubbling volcano which is unsurprisingly proving to be a tourist attraction in Nicaragua Martin Rietze / SWNS
<p>Tourists have been flocking to the breathtaking spectacle in Nicaragua as spewing lava lights up the night sky.<br>The lava lakes at the Masaya volcano are incredibly rare and only very few volcanoes have continuous ones.</p><p> </p>
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Nicaragua’s Momotombo Volcano Has Erupted For the First Time in 100 Years
WIRED   02 December 2015   Nicaragua   Momotombo volcano  
The Momotombo volcano spews a large plume of gas and ash as seen from the rural community of Papalonal, in Leon, Nicaragua, on December 2, 2015. ESTEBAN FELIX/AP
<p>LAST NIGHT NICARAGUA&rsquo;S Momotombo started its first eruption since 1905. The vigorous Strombolian eruption (see above and below) produced an impressive lava fountain along with a dark ash plume over the area near Lake Managua.</p> <p>Local reports ...
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Incredible moment volcano erupts as tourists stand next to the crater in Nicaragua… but despite huge plume of smoke they all stand there and FILM IT
Daily Mail   14 May 2015   Nicaragua   Telica Volcano  
Nonchalant: Despite being right next to the thick plume of smoke, this man appears to be sitting on a rock at the crater's edge / mailonline
<p>This is the incredible moment a volcano erupts in Nicaragua - but the tourists standing right by it carry on filming even as a huge plume of smoke and ash fills the air.<br />As the vast black mass rises from the Telica volcano amid a thunderous roar, one ...
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