Sentences with phrase «lava poured out»

Almost 200 thousand years ago, lava poured out of the Undara volcano and flowed down ancient river beds, travelling a distance of 164 km and left behind the Undara Lava Tubes.

The big surprise is that the lava poured out everywhere, all at once.

Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island.

At a geophysics meeting in San Francisco last month, Klimczak said meteor impacts could have released built - up pressure in the compressed crust and let lava pour out while the planet was shrinking.

The hits could have released built - up pressure in the compressed crust and let lava pour out while the planet was shrinking.

That date coincides with the Siberian flood volcanism — a continent - size flow of lava pouring out on Earth's surface from below its crust.

You can practically feel the heat from the lava pouring out of Kilauea's crater during the tour.

The huge volumes of lava pouring out from this area were accompanied by vast quantities of CO2 - the well - known greenhouse gas, thought to be causing global warming today.

Not exact matches

When I erupted, my emotions were the fast moving, liquid lava that freely pours out racing towards the sea.

But instead of the red - hot lava we associate with volcanoes, what pours out of Ol Doinyo Lengai looks more like motor oil.

Geological History: Some of the largest lava flows on earth poured out over the Columbia Plateau to the Oregon Coast beginning approximately 17 million years ago.

The buildings themselves are part of the landscape, made out of the lava that poured out of Mount Etna when it erupted in 1669.

Significantly, the island is still growing as long as lava continues to pour out of Kīlauea, the world's most active volcano.

This eruption also poured out masses of basalt lava.