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The Exploding Lakes of Cameroon blue water，birds，and fish.For the people in the northwestern Cameroon，however, the image is out of Lake Monoun and came down into the nearby villages，killing thirtyseven people.Two killed 1,700 people. collected in the craters of old volcanoes The volcanoes under Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun are through cracks in the bottom of the lake. This is normal in a crater lake. In most crater lakes，these bottom of the lake rises and mixes with the water at the top，allowing the gases to escape slowly. reason for this fact，but as a result，these lakes have more gases tapped at the bottom than other times more gases.When a strong wind，cool weather a storm，or a landslidecauses the In the past，no one knew when the gases might explode，so there was no way for the villagers way to reduce the gas pressure at the bottom of Lake Nyos.They stood a 672-foot plastic pipe in the top of the pipe，the team put several holes that could be opened or closed by a computer.Now， up through the pipe into the air like a fountain.With less pressure，a disastrous explosion is much To protect people nearby until all of the pipes are in place.the scientists have installed early | 
