Sentences with phrase «solidified lava»

Just prior to the bridge leading into the town of Amlapura, in a valley of solidified lava, is a road that leads inland to lower slopes of Mount Agung.

You can walk to its summit, taking in views of flows of solidified lava and the eerie sight of plumes of smoke emerging from its crater.

The lake is home to two islands made of solidified lava.

[7] The 60 distinct solidified lava flows that form the Craters of the Moon Lava Field range in age from 15,000 to just 2,000 years.

Radiometric dating is largely done on rock that has formed from solidified lava..

In 1972, basaltic rocks (made of solidified lava) were detected on Vesta's surface, which indicated that the planetary body had melted early in its past.

The solidified lava itself is only between 60 and 120 million years old, depending on its location.

And stunning new spacecraft images show fault lines, volcanic domes, and solidified lava flows on the lunar surface, forcing a reevaluation of long - held beliefs about the moon's early evolution.

Suzanne Smrekar of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and colleagues found signs of relatively recent volcanism by measuring the infrared «glow» of solidified lava in three regions in its southern hemisphere.

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Or if there is a lull in activity, lava in the crater could start to solidify, plugging the vents.

The deep basins under the oceans are carpeted with lava that spewed from submarine volcanoes and solidified.

«Nobody wanted to look at these little scraps,» says James, who collects them from lava tubes — tunnels formed when lava solidifies around an active flow.

Watch for stunning underwater footage of 2,000 - degree lava cooling and solidifying beneath the surface of the sea.

Scientists believe this line is liquid lava that becomes exposed as the solidifying crust breaks up along the caldera's walls.

Lava solidifies quickly, so these puddles can not be more than a few minutes old.

The team melted the synthetic rocks in a furnace to simulate the point in time when the deposits were lava, and not yet solidified as rock.

As the top layer of lava cools, it solidifies and grows dense, until eventually it sinks beneath the underlying magma and pulls nearby crust with it in waves moving across the surface.

It is currently unknown whether the skylight allows access to the lava tube (access may be blocked by rubble or solidified magma), but there is the tantalizing possibility that this hole could be used by astronauts to access an underground cave.

When it eventually reached the ocean and cooled, the lava solidified into thick basalt and sat buried for years.

Thus, the outside, exposed to lower temperatures solidified rapidly while the inner liquid continued to run with many gases, forming a series of lava tubes, which today constitute the caves of São Vicente.

The temple faced west ward where Mount Batur and remains of its solidified black lavas serve as backdrop and Lake Batur stretches far down the slope, enhanced the beauty of nature around the temple.

The tunnels were formed when the crust of a large lava flow solidified while the contents continued to flow.

Most of it is in huge lava flows, and the surface solidifies long before the center.