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Erupting lava domes create thick flows and glowing rock avalanches

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Pyroclastic flows from Montserrat dome collapses have flowed down the White River creating a new delta where they entered the sea. Photograph copyrighted by Steve O'Meara of Volcano Watch International. April 27, 2004.