Lava channel (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Lava channel

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A fast-moving lava channel flowed from the Ahu'aila'au cone about 10 kilometers away to the ocean, where it covered about 36 square kilometers of land along the way and created 3.5-square-kilometers of new land along the coast. Where the channel slowed down in flat areas, it spread out and formed a braided pattern, seen here.

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B. Shiro, USGS

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