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MUD BUBBLES
                                                                                                           Dazzling patterns of circular
                                                                                                           ripples are created by volcanic
                                                                                                           gas bubbling up through mud
                                                                                                           at Rotorua. The sulfurous
                                                                                                           gas mixes with water to form
                                                                                                           sulfuric acid, which attacks
                                                                                                           rocks and turns them to mud.











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