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Indonesia Has a Volcano that Appeared in May 2006 a Few Meters From a Gas Well: It Does Not Spit Lava and No One Has Managed to Stop It

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On May 29, 2006, a gas drilling in Indonesia triggered the appearance of the Lusi mud volcano, which has been spitting continuously since then. Unlike conventional volcanoes, it does not emit lava but a mixture of burning mud and gas. After twenty years of failure to stop it, scientists still diverge on the causes and the end of this geological disaster. More
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On May 29, 2006, a gas drilling in Indonesia triggered the appearance of the Lusi mud volcano, which has been spitting continuously since then. Unlike conventional volcanoes, it does not emit lava but a mixture of burning mud and gas. After twenty years of failure to stop it, scientists still diverge on the causes and the end of this geological disaster. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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