The low silica and higher temperatures of shield volcanoes produce eruptions of hot, fluid lava that oozes or fountains out of linear fissures along rift zones that radiate outward from a central ...

LOCKWOOD: The lava flows of Mauna Loa are highly fluid and they move long distances, the distance from up high on the risk zone of Mauna Loa, to the city of Hilo is over 50 kilometers. A flow in ...

Its broad, gently sloping profile is a result of millions of years of fluid lava flows typical of shield volcanoes. Located ...

The exact formula of the fluid is a well-guarded secret. But there's one key to it: density. There are two main components in a lava lamp: a colored wax (on screen: the lava) and the colored ...

Under certain conditions, the fluid even began to bounce. The mucky gunge resembled a certain type of lava referred to as "pahoehoe", which is observed at Hawaii's famous Kīlauea volcano.

Olympus Mons, Mars' immense shield volcano, towers 21 kilometers above its surface, dwarfing Earth's Mount Everest. Covering an area akin to Italy, it ...