The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 1

Viscous, slow-moving lava flows form circular mounds known as lava domes.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 1.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Caption by Erik Klemetti (Denison University) and Adam Voiland (Earth Observatory).

Published November 21, 2013
Data acquired May 13, 2013