The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 2

Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 2.

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 22, 2013
Data acquired September 9, 2013