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La Palma
Located in the Canary Islands, La Palma is most famously home to the Caldera de Taburiente.
The caldera, Spanish for cauldron, is a volcano that stands almost 4 miles (7 km) tall!
It has had 7 eruptions in recorded history, the most recent being in 1971.
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Why did the clouds form around the volcano?
How did the island form?