“The more we learn about volcanoes, the more we learn about the earth. Learning about the earth is more important than it has ever been.”

— Bill Nye

[NewsBank, 'Science Guy' Visits Volcano, The Chronicle, Centralia, Washington, May 18, 2009, Paula Collucci]

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