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Oozing Lava by ~hitokirivader:iconhitokirivader:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Geology

©2004-2009 ~hitokirivader
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When a lava flow starts to cool, the outer layer of the lava freezes into solid rock, and once the pressure of the liquid inside builds up, the skin cracks open with a loud pop and lava oozes out again. Here, lava oozes from a fresh crack on a cooling lava flow at Mount Kilauea on the big island of Hawai'i.

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~CMSTX83 Jun 5, 2004, 1:14:56 AM
Holy crap! This rules!

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"Too many chiefs, not enough indians."
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~phraseology Jun 5, 2004, 1:15:38 AM
wow, that's really awesome! If I ever saw that I think I'd rather just zoom reeeeally close and not even attempt to go near it...

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"I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by" -Sparrow
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~hitokirivader Jun 5, 2004, 1:17:03 AM
Well this lava flow was starting to cool, so it moved really slow and had the consistency of thick syrup. I could get roughly 5-6 feet away from it without it being unbearably hot.

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~looking-glass Jun 5, 2004, 1:39:39 AM
Cool, absolutely nice colors, wish I could see something like this in my lifetime...

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*Unleashed-
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~redneckartist Jun 5, 2004, 7:50:27 PM
that would suck if you triped while taking the shot
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~hitokirivader Jun 5, 2004, 8:14:32 PM
I wasn't particularly afraid of tripping. What I was afraid of at the time was whether or not the solid rock I was walking on was actually a thin layer of fresh rock over molten lava.

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`Argocat8 Jun 5, 2004, 11:29:55 PM
wow this is the best one of the lava shots yet!
It looks like a giant chocolate eclair with the lava cream breaking out ;)

good one :clap:

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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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~hitokirivader Jun 5, 2004, 11:51:33 PM
lol thanks. Although it probably wouldn't be too wise to try to eat that thing.

When lava behaves this way, what with the freezing and cracking open and oozing, it's cooled quite a bit and moves veeery slowly. I was standing around with a bunch of tourists with cameras, patiently waiting for something to happen, and then suddenly we'd here this loud POP and we'd all rush to the lava with our cameras ready.

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`Argocat8 Jun 5, 2004, 11:54:57 PM
it's such a cool place; I mean "hot" place...whatever
would love to go there someday and see it in real life :)

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~Mnlo Jun 6, 2004, 12:50:14 AM
Really amazing shot!
i love the colour!
how far from the lava were u?

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Jun 21, 2003, 9:57:15 PM

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