This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Indonesia has 127 active volcanoes. Only the U.S. (168) and Russia (144) have more. Essential packing list: We landed ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

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"Three out of every four live volcanoes on Earth are here,” says National Geographic. “Almost all earthquakes happen here, too." The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics − giant ...