Lava flow. Glowing flow of molten rock (lava). The black crust on the surface of the lava is cooled, hardened rock. Lava reaches volcanoes from the Ea

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Lava flow. Glowing flow of molten rock (lava). The black crust on the surface of the lava is cooled, hardened rock. Lava reaches volcanoes from the Earth's interior through faults in the crust, and is forced through them by the high pressure within the Earth.

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Keywords: blackened, crust, dark, fire, flame, flames, flow, flows, geology, glow, glowing, hardened, heat, lava, night, night-time, volcano, volcanology