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NOVA: Killer Volcanoes

Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.
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Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.

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Join NOVA and a team of volcanologists looking for an elusive volcanic mega-eruption that plunged the medieval earth into a deep freeze. Investigate the geologic evidence from Greenland all the way to Antarctica to identify the 750-year-old culprit.

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Franck Lavigne and Jean Christophe Komorowski - Quarry, Lombok, Indonesia.
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Franck Lavigne and Jean Christophe Komorowski - Quarry, Lombok, Indonesia.

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