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Yellowstone has more than 500 geysers

Yellowstone has more than 10,000 hydrothermal features, and more than 500 of them are geysers.

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The park preserves the most extraordinary collection of hot springs, geysers, mudpots, and fumaroles on Earth. Water seeping through the bedrock is superheated by the magma system below.

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Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth

Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the largest active volcano on the planet.

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Most of Earth's volcanoes are on the seafloor

The greatest number of Earth's volcanoes occur on the ocean floor.

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Antarctica is the world's largest desert

Antarctica qualifies as a desert because it receives very little precipitation, despite being covered by ice.

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