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Friday, Oct. 20, 2000
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Life Among the Volcanoes
Iceland's Heimaey island may be a firecracker waiting to go off, but the locals like it
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In January 1973, an eruption began along a 2km-long fissure not far from the center of the town of Vestmannaeyjar. The fissure extended across the entire island, producing a spectacular curtain of fire. Nearly all of the island's 5,300 residents were evacuated to the mainland
PHOTO: US Geological Survey
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