...broad, gently sloping lava flows. These flows can sometimes interfere with daily life. Sometimes they can...
...broad, gently sloping lava flows. These flows can sometimes interfere
with daily life. Sometimes they can...
...cover streets and roads,...
...destroy property,...
...or even overrun homes and other stuctures.
Lava flows originating from these vents form channels that cool very quickly
on the surface, while remaining molten inside. Eventually, the liquid
material can flow out, leaving only the shells, or lava tubes.
New flows can then flow throught the empty interiors in these tubes,
creating dramatic features such as lava falls...
...or spouts. These flows sometimes reach the island's shores where
they...
...drip into the ocean. The extremely high temperatures vaporizes some of
the water, resulting in...
...long stretches of steaming shorelines.