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[Clover Magic]

So.  I embarked on a volcano.  Business as usual, than after a year or two I ran reveal, since I had been digging a looooong way down already and hadn't busted into the first layer of caverns (it's like 60 zlevels down to hit the first cavern, I've discovered, I have a lot of digging to do).  I was idly checking out the ores for diamonds and such when I came across this.

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Apparently I have an underground magma pipe/pool directly south of my normal volcano.  Well. 

Is this normal on volcanoes or something?  The glacier was highly volcanic, does that have anything to do with it?

More importantly, once I get down that deep, shall I move my fortress down between these two pipes for science?

[fivex]

So.  I embarked on a volcano.  Business as usual, than after a year or two I ran reveal, since I had been digging a looooong way down already and hadn't busted into the first layer of caverns (it's like 60 zlevels down to hit the first cavern, I've discovered, I have a lot of digging to do).  I was idly checking out the ores for diamonds and such when I came across this.

Linked for large picture:
http://i51.tinypic.com/2ztepg5.png

Apparently I have an underground magma pipe/pool directly south of my normal volcano.  Well. 

Is this normal on volcanoes or something?  The glacier was highly volcanic, does that have anything to do with it?

More importantly, once I get down that deep, shall I move my fortress down between these two pipes for science?

I've had three magma pipes before so yes this is normal

[Shoku]

The highest volcanism regions probably have like 16 pipes total. I've only had 3 in one fort (3x3) but I tend to leave world gen at fairly sane values.

[Namfuak]

That is normal, but what isn't is that your volcano isn't the right shape.  Mine are always exactly the same shape (across embarks, I know they are the same all the way down as well).  Maybe I'm just crazy though.

[Double A]

That is normal, but what isn't is that your volcano isn't the right shape.  Mine are always exactly the same shape (across embarks, I know they are the same all the way down as well).  Maybe I'm just crazy though.

I must be crazy too.

[Eagle_eye]

mine aren't always the same across worlds, but they are across embarks... 

[janglur]

I just embarked on a massive 74-z tall (from ground level) volcano, with a 52 z-level mountain beside it.

If my mine-into-the-center-of-the-volcano attempt wasn't a total success, i'd abandon on the grounds of OMFGLAG