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Volcanoes in Iceland are capable of producing fissure eruptions that last for years or even decades, consistent with the 14 year platinum signal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

The only hint of the turbulence Mogwai experienced comes on the groggy, distortion-washed 18 Volcanoes, where Braithwaite quietly sings: "Hope has come another day/Hold me close in every way."

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

Volcanoes rarely keep an open lava lake for long periods of time, let alone decades, as Erebus does.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

Volcanoes some distance away from here left behind some sturdy volcanic rock, but also this spoor of volcanic ash that drifted underwater before the PV Peninsula became itself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

“Except it’s not a tower. It’s a volcano. Volcanoes only do volca- noey things. And that” — she pointed to the distant point — “is not a volcanoey thing.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray