A rare satellite view reveals the persistent lava lake inside Mount Michael, an active volcano on remote Saunders Island near Antarctica.
At first glance, Saunders Island looks locked in winter. Sea ice crowds the dark water, snow covers the land, and the remote island sits hundreds of miles from the Antarctic mainland.
But near the center of the island, something much hotter is happening.
Mount Michael contains a lava lake that remains active inside its summit crater.
A remarkably…
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