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There’s a ‘ghost’ plume lurking beneath the Middle East — and it might explain how India wound up where it is today

Scientists have discovered an ancient “ghost” plume lurking beneath Oman. The magma plume is trapped beneath a thick portion of…

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Giant ‘Saharan dust’ plume swirls around Africa a week before it hit Florida — Earth from space

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Mid-Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of West Africa What’s in the photo? A giant, comma-shaped…

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Earth from space: Erupting ‘sharkcano’ spits out a giant underwater plume in Oceania

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Kavachi volcano, Solomon Islands [-8.992492984, 157.96863838] What’s in the photo? A plume of discolored water…

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