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Description: Hundreds of strands of Pele's hair intertwined on the surface of a pahoehoe flow at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i. The glass strands were erupted from Mauna Ulu, a shield that formed on the east rift of Kilauea between 1969 and 1974.
Title: Peleshair USGS
Credit: volcanoes.usgs.gov, Tephra: Pele's hair, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i (direct link to image)
Author: Photograph by D.W. Peterson
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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