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    A lava tube, or pyroduct, is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava from a volcanic vent that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. If lava...
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    Lunar lava tubes are lava tubes on the Moon formed during the eruption of basaltic lava flows. When the surface of a lava flow cools, it hardens and the...
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    Martian lava tubes are volcanic caverns on Mars that are believed to form as a result of fast-moving, basaltic lava flows associated with shield volcanism...
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    Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface...
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  • A lava tube, or pyroduct, is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava from a volcanic vent that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. If lava...
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    lava and forming lava tubes. Lavacicles on the ceiling of a lava tube were produced as the level of lava in the tube retreated and the viscous lava on...
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    Shield volcano (redirect from Lava shield)
    of overlaying lava. These structures help further the propagation of lava, as the walls of the tube insulate the lava within. Lava tubes can account for...
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    contain a number of volcanic features related to the cooling of lava, including lava tubes, rilles and wrinkle ridges. The Moon has been volcanically active...
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    driblet of lava from a semi-solid ceiling, but then grows by accreting layers as successive flows of lava rise and fall in the lava tube, coating and...
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    of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2007 because of the Geomunoreum Lava Tube System and the exhibition of diverse and accessible volcanic features...
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    well-preserved lava cave features, such as lava stalactites and curbs, the latter marking high stands of the flowing lava frozen on the lava tube walls. The lava tubes...
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    gravity. Drops of molten lava (siliceous material, SiO 2) solidify onto the floor of the already emptied lava tube, when the lava temperature sufficiently...
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    Kazumura Cave (category Lava tubes)
    Cave is a lava tube and has been surveyed at 40.7 miles (65.5 km) long and 3,614 feet (1,102 m) deep making it the longest and deepest lava tube in the world...
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    Lava tubes are the most common and extensive type of lava cave. Lava tubes usually form in pahoehoe lava flows, though exceptions exist. As the lava is...
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  • Extension tube, a tool for macro photography Test tube, a piece of laboratory equipment Eustachian tube, part of the structure of the ear Lava tube, found...
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  • Thumbnail for Geomunoreum Lava Tube System
    Bengdwigul Lava Tube, Bukoreumdonggul Lava Tube, Daerimdonggul Lava Tube, Mangjanggul Lava Tube, Gimnyeonggul Lava Tube, Yongcheondonggul Lava Tube, and Dangcheomuldonggul...
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    Cavaticovelia aaa. This bug, known commonly as the aaa water treader, lava tube crawler, or lava tube water treader, is a water treader native to Hawaii. The insect's...
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    Harrat Khaybar (category Lava tubes)
    discovered more than 900 kites in Harrat Khaybar. Within the lava field is the Umm Jirsan lava tube, with a length of 1,481 metres (4,859 ft) in three sections...
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    Road. The park was established in 2009 to protect Australia's longest lava tube and the unique fauna and flora found of the area. The basalts of the area...
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  • Tower, Cleveland, Ohio, United States Skylight of a lava tube, a hole in the ceiling of the tube Skylight 1A, a photographic filter factor that absorbs...
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    Shilajit or mumijo, Mohave lava tube, 2018...
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    a lava lake replaced the episodic high fountaining. After a few weeks, a roof formed over the main lava outflow channel, which created a lava tube. The...
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    Manjanggul (category Lava tubes)
    Island and Lava Tubes. Lava stalactites and lava stalagmites, lava columns, lava flowstone, lava rafts, lava shelves, Among them, a lava column of 7...
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    Fugaku Wind Cave (category Lava tubes)
    Cave (Japanese: 富岳風穴) is a lava tube at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the largest of the several lava tubes that are found in the Aokigahara...
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    proportion of the ion stream. Lunar lava tubes are a potential location for constructing a lunar base. Any intact lava tube on the Moon could serve as a shelter...
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    1961. An easily accessible lava tube was named for the Thurston family. An undeveloped stretch of the Thurston Lava Tube extends an additional 1,100 ft...
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    Cueva de los Verdes (category Lava tubes)
    los Verdes (Spanish for "Verdes' cave", from the "Verdes" family) is a lava tube and tourist attraction of the Haria municipality on the island of Lanzarote...
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    crust allowing the still-liquid molten lava to continue to flow through inside. In several places the lava tube roof has collapsed thus providing several...
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    in length, the northwest section of the cave is the longest continuous lava tube in Oregon. While the cave's discovery in 1889 was officially credited...
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    in mid 2004. Caves and other underground structures, including Martian lava tubes, canyon overhangs, and other Martian cavities would be potentially useful...
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