Fun Fact of the Day: 252 million years ago, the Siberian Traps, erupted and lasted less than 1 million years but left behind Earth’s biggest “large igneous province,” a pile of lava and other volcanic rocks about 720,000 cubic miles (3 million cubic kilometers) in volume.
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On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1842: Mount St Helens in Washington erupts.
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1783: Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption.