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The pockmarked terrain of Pinacate National Park in Mexico's Sonora Province is evidence of a violent past. Among hundreds of volcanic vents and cinder cones are rare maar craters, formed when rising magma met underground water to create pockets of steam that blew nearly circular holes in the overlying crust. Image taken 12/5/2002 by Landsat 7. [Source Images for earth energy mandalas and geographical information courtesy of U.S.Geological Survey National Center for EROS (Earth Resources Observation and Science) and NASA Landsat Project Science Office.]
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