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oh, look, a volcano
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but not
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no big deal, just putting balloons on my gate for my birthday party
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we were struck by how much lava fields are like glaciers
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the little tree that could
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apparently the people who insisted on moving back in all have upper-respiratory issues not unlike those of the 911 first responders...
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we're having a birthday party!
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officially the craziest place I've ever been
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ocean view!
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the loneliest man in the world.
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i guess it got wiped out by lava in '91
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they had to have replaced the sign, right?
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the enormity of this is lost in pictures.
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no big deal, just a smoking mountainside.
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cool.
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it was sofuckinghot there.
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it's just... amazing.
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again, like glaciers, from far away it looks b&w,
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so basically if you look at the island
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lava hike
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gnarly
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seein' the world get made.
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tiny man
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stunning
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don't touch willie. good advice.
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how are they even doing that?
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this is apparently a Big Deal - I guess lava doesn't usually do this, and when it does, it collapses pretty fast.
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volcanic craters
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there she is
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visitor's center!