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Basalt columns seen on Porto Santo Island, Portugal. Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
Aerial view of a lava lake in Pu’u ’Ō’ō crater, east rift zone of Kīlauea. The crater is about 820 ft (250 m) in diameter. Aerial view of a lava lake atop the Kūpaʻianahā vent on the east rift zone of Kīlauea volcano. Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava, usually basaltic, contained in a volcanic vent, crater, or broad ...
Highest point; Elevation: 5,306 ft (1,617 m) NAVD 88 [1] Prominence: 582 ft (177 m) [1] Coordinates: 2]: Geography; Location: Lava Beds National Monument, Siskiyou County, California: Parent range: Cascade Range: Topo map: USGS Schonchin Butte: Geology; Rock age: more than 30,000 years: Mountain type: Cinder cone: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc: Climbing; Easiest route: trail: Schonchin ...
Lava domes are common features on volcanoes around the world. Lava domes are known to exist on plate margins as well as in intra-arc hotspots, and on heights above 6000 m and in the sea floor. [1] Individual lava domes and volcanoes featuring lava domes are listed below.
The flows of Jordan Craters volcanic field are the youngest of a series of large Quaternary basalt fields in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon.The field is thought to be approximately 3200 years old, based on findings of a lake sediment coring experiment in 1986.
Orlando, Fla., is one of the top tourist destinations of the world. And just as with any other destination, there are those parts of the city that are perfectly safe, and those that are dangerous ...
View of Semeru and Bromo eruption with Mount Batok in East Java. The Indonesian island of Java is almost entirely of volcanic origin, and contains numerous volcanoes, 45 of which are considered active volcanoes. As is the case for many other Indonesian islands, volcanoes have played a vital role in the geological and human history of Java.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.