Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.
Published Nov 22, 2013
After advancing through forest for months, the June 27th lava has started to damage residential properties in Pahoa.
Published Oct 28, 2014
Viscous, slow-moving lava flows form circular mounds known as lava domes.
Published Nov 21, 2013
Although the basaltic rock formed a hard crust, the flow is likely hot enough to prevent snow from building up on top.
Published Nov 9, 2016
In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.
Published Nov 19, 2008
For several months, residents of the Hawaiian town of Pahoa have been watching the June 27 lava flow warily.
Published Mar 8, 2015
The otherworldly footprint of black basaltic lava creates a striking landscape at Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona, seen in this photograph taken from the International Space Station.
Published Sep 7, 2009
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Published Nov 4, 2010
The most recent flow is pushing northeast into ohia lehua forests in Hawaii’s interior.
Published Apr 11, 2014
Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
Published Nov 13, 2011
Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
Published Nov 20, 2016
Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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Two active lave flows: the Kahaulae’a 2 flow and the Peace Day flow, extend north and south from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o.
Published Jul 9, 2013
The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow.
Published Jan 8, 2015
An obsidian lava flow surprises volcanologists on a visit to Chile’s Puyehue Cordón Caulle Volcano.
Published Feb 6, 2013
Satellite image of the viscous lava flow creeping down the slopes of Russia’s Kizimen Volcano.
Published Feb 6, 2012
A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.
Published Oct 9, 2018
Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.
Published Sep 9, 2011
The June 27th lava flow continues to move through the Puna Forest Reserve in Hawaii.
Published Sep 12, 2014
This pair of satellite images was among the first detailed pictures of the erupting vent and lava flows.
Published Jun 28, 2011
As Medina has grown during the past three decades, parts of the Saudi city are built atop relatively young lava flows.
Published Feb 25, 2019
On months-long Mars analog missions in Hawaii, donning mock space suits to explore lava flows and other geological formations is often a high point.
Published Aug 29, 2018
Acquired March 6, 2013, this image shows a fresh lava flow on the surface of Tolbachik Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Published Mar 12, 2013
