Hot Pahoehoe Lava Creates Ribbon-Like Shapes as it cools Sullivan Bay Santiago Island Galapagos Ecuador Pacific Ocean

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Pāhoehoe (from Hawaiian, meaning "smooth, unbroken lava") is basaltic lava that has a smooth, billowy, undulating, or ropy surface. A pāhoehoe flow typically advances at temperature of 1100 to 1200 °C as a series of small lobes and toes that continually break out from a cooling crust. With the minimal heat loss lava maintains low viscosity and forms lava tubes. The surface texture of pāhoehoe flows are sometimes referred to as lava sculpture.

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Location: Sullivan Bay Santiago Island Galapagos Ecuador Pacific Ocean South America May
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