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Virginia bluebells are woodland wildflowers belonging to the *Mertensia virginica* species. These plants produce striking tubular blooms that shift in color from pink to vibrant blue during spring. They are notable for their ephemeral nature—existing briefly before leaves wither. Primarily found in...

Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) is a spring ephemeral wildflower of eastern North American forests whose white heart-shaped flowers and yellow underground tubers resemble scattered corn kernels.

Rue Anemone is a woodland plant native to eastern North America, distinguished by its dainty white or pink blossoms and distinctly lobed foliage.

Round-lobed hepatica (*Anemone americana*) is an early spring ephemeral found in eastern North American forests recognized by its distinctive three-lobed leaves.

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Myōjin-shō is a submarine volcano south of Tokyo, Japan, notorious for its 1952 eruption that destroyed the survey ship Kaiyo Maru No. 5.

Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba is a submarine volcano in Japan that famously produced a massive pumice raft and temporary islands during its 2021 eruption.

Late'iki, also known as Metis Shoal, is a submarine volcano in Tonga that periodically builds temporary tuff cone islands, as seen in 1995 and 2019.

Home Reef is an active submarine volcano in Tonga, notable for repeatedly forming temporary volcanic tuff cone islands, most recently in 2022.

A submarine tuff cone located offshore of British Columbia's Graham Island, notable for its phreatomagmatic origins along the tectonically active Pacific North American margin.