Although the basaltic rock formed a hard crust, the flow is likely hot enough to prevent snow from building up on top.
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For now, the eruption at the Icelandic volcano has come to an end.
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A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.
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Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
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In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.
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Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
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Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
This false-color image shows the infrared signal emitted by fresh lava flowing toward the sea.
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Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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Infared satellite imagery shows how lava tubes carry molten basalt from Pu'u 'O'o to the coastal plain.
As Medina has grown during the past three decades, parts of the Saudi city are built atop relatively young lava flows.
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Acquired March 6, 2013, this image shows a fresh lava flow on the surface of Tolbachik Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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The volcano continues to earn its reputation as Earth’s most active.
In south-central New Mexico, a charcoal-brown scar undulates across the arid landscape.
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Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.
Fresh lava flows are difficult to distinguish from the barren rock of Tolbachinsky Dol, a volcanic plateau.
The Hell’s Half Acre Lava Field is the youngest and easternmost lava flow associated with the Snake River Plain basalts.