Article: Hawaii.

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Background

You probably don't think of the Hawaiian Islands as barren, lifeless mounds of molten rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That's exactly what they were until a few million years ago. How did mountains of lava rock become the "Paradise of the Pacific"? It helps to know a little about Hawaii's geography, which makes it unique in many ways. It is the only U.S. state not in North America. It is the only island state. It is farther away from a continent than any other inhabited place on Earth. Many of the plants and animals that live on Hawaii can't be found ...

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