Image: Malpais pahoehoe
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Description: Hot, fluid lava is responsible for the formation of the ropey texture on the surface of this pahoehoe lava flow in El Malpais National Monument.
Title: Malpais pahoehoe
Credit: http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/2006/el_malpais/html2/elma0048.htm
Author: Phil Stoffer (USGS)
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