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(New page: 300px|thumb|Lava fountain of the Pu`u `O`o cinder and spatter cone on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i.A jet of lava sprayed into the air by the rapid formation and...) |
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Revision as of 18:47, June 22, 2007
A jet of lava sprayed into the air by the rapid formation and expansion of gas bubbles in the molten rock is called a lava fountain. Lava fountains typically range from about 10 to 100 m in height, but occasionally reach more than 500 m. Lava fountains erupt from isolated vents, along fissures, within active lava lakes, and from a lava tube when water gains access to the tube in a confined space.