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The tale "Malachite Casket" tells the legends of the Ural Mountains, about the hard underground labour of mountain workers and the art of folk stone-cutters.

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A tepui or tepuy, is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people🌏🏔️

Tepuis tend to be found as isolated entities rather than in connected ranges, which makes them the host of a unique array of endemic plant and animal species. Notable tepuis include Auyantepui, Autana, and Mount Roraima. They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian quartz arenite sandstone that rise abruptly from the jungle. Auyantepui is the source of Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall.

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The last day of Pompeii from a geological point of view:

The eruption of a volcano can be terrifying. In ancient times, and even today in many cultures, eruptions are regarded as a sign of the gods' wrath or a punishment for disobedience to divine commandments. 🌋Their immense power, deafening roar, and destructive force are more frightening than any other geological phenomenon, except perhaps earthquakes.

Nevertheless, as early as antiquity, the first truly scientific ideas about what a volcano is and how it erupts began to emerge. In a sense, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 can be considered the starting point of our modern understanding of the Earth and the event that gave rise to geology as a scientific discipline.