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Sixty million people live in the shadow of volcanoes worldwide. Last fall, our planet’s fiery power confronted the 86,000-some people of the Canary Island of La Palma in the archipelago’s most destructive eruption in 500 years. For months, lava (shown above) poured from a new volcano, entombing farmland, roadways, and homes in stone.
Now what? Some of the flow will be preserved as a national park to remind locals of their island’s volcanic roots, Nat Geo reports. Other areas will be converted to farmland. But how does an island return to—or change—its way of living after such an eruption? What lessons does La Palma have for the world?
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Changing times: The banana industry, which was vital to the island’s economy, was particularly hard hit by the eruption. This photo, by Nat Geo Explorer Carsten Peter, shows farmer Santiago Alexis Hernández Rodríguez spraying fruit to remove damaging ash. Many trees were buried in the eruption; others haven't been watered because of broken pipes. Read more. | | | |
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| New angles: 3D is helping explore terrain, remote wilderness, and even well-known spots, like Stonehenge. These two images on our Instagram—by Nat Geo Explorer Martin Edström—give a glimpse of next-generation terrain mapping during a caving expedition to the Tian Shan range in Kyrgyzstan. The top photo is real: It’s a regular photo from a drone. The bottom photo shows a 3D model stunning capturing the same landscape, covering nearly a square mile (2 square kms).
Related: How 3D scans revealed the largest cave art in North America.
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| A glimmer of hope for rare penguins: No one knows exactly how penguins ended up living on the Galápagos. They likely rode a current toward the equator millions of years ago and evolved. As their numbers plummeted in the last few decades, researchers like Nat Geo Explorer Dee Boersma have chiseled out new nests in volcanic rock away from predators (above, one nest). The penguin population is on the rise here, Nat Geo reports.
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