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...east, the cliffs of the main crescent-shaped body of land stand sheer out of the water to a height of almost a thousand feet. The bottom of the lagoon is a full thousand feet below. In fact the ship is sailing across the bowl of a still smoldering volcano...
Another remarkable group of photos looks straight down at the largest volcano ever seen by man, Nix Olympica, which is six miles high and more than 300 miles in diameter at its base. Evidence of the fury of Martian winds can be seen in a number of pictures that show tear-shaped features to the leeward side of craters and other surface irregularities. Scientists believe that these features are wind shadows of sand that are formed behind the craters by the violent winds. One photograph shows an area with unusual swirls, and a crater-like feature that to the hard...
...sitting on top of a volcano," said India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi before leaving London last week, "and I honestly do not know if it is going to erupt." The volcano is the menacing, brink-of-war situation on the borders of India and Pakistan, brought about by the civil conflict that has ravaged East Pakistan since last March and sent nearly 10 million refugees flooding into India. To cap the volcano before it strained India's economy beyond its limits or led to all-out war, Mrs. Gandhi was pinning her hopes...
After taking India's case to Paris and Bonn this week, she will head home. If the volcano should still explode, no one could say that Indira had not tried...
...nearly half of a population of 50 million. "There are a lot of unhappy politicians around who see the end in sight for their patronage deals and privileges," said a high government official last week. "They are a shortsighted lot and don't see that Mexico is a volcano, and if social justice is not instituted to bring those rural millions and urban poor into the economy, this place could go off like a million Krakatoas." Echeverría's most troublesome task now is convincing Mexico's traditionally conservative business community-the bulwarks...