Pahoehoe lava, a billowed or ropy basaltic lava which results from the congealing of lava while it is flowing. Photographed in the Kau Desert, on Kila

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Pahoehoe lava, a billowed or ropy basaltic lava which results from the congealing of lava while it is flowing. Photographed in the Kau Desert, on Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii.

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Photo credit: © MICHAEL SZOENYI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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