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Published online 22 May 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020520-5
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Sister develops tell-tale bulge
After 1500 years of quiet an Oregon volcano threatens to blow.
An ominous bulge on a dormant volcano in Oregon, accompanied by the faint whiff of magma from deep within the Earth, suggests that the mountain is rousing itself from a 1,500-year slumber.
It is unlikely that the peak, called South Sister, will blow in the immediate future, say vulcanologists on the ground.
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