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Volcanologist Janine Krippner dives into the details of how volcanoes work and the...
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Spectacular fountainlike eruptions at Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, are followed by streams...
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Scientists expressing their excitement while witnessing glowing lava erupting from...
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Lava flowing toward the sea from Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, takes two recognizable...
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Jess Phoenix has worked on the Kawa Aegean volcano in Indonesia, the site of the...
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Learn about magma and how its components affect its rate of flow and the overall...
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Pahoehoe and aa lava flows at Mauna Ulu, Hawaii.
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Volcanic activity at Kilauea in Hawaii.
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Lava flowing from Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii, March 28, 1984.
R.W. Decker/U.S. Geological Survey
Pahoehoe lava flow, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, November 1985. Pahoehoe lava flows are...
J. D. Griggs, U. S. Geological Survey
Basaltic lava erupting from the Pu'u 'O'o spatter and cinder cone on Kilauea volcano,...
J.D. Griggs/U.S. Geological Survey
High columns of the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland.
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The Giant's Causeway, “steps” of hexagonal basalt columns formed by the rapid cooling...
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Lava flowing into the sea from Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Lava from Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, 2011. Kilauea is Earth's...
USGS
Geologist using a rock hammer to sample active pahoehoe lava for geochemical analysis...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey
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