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Photo by Robbie Shone @shonephoto | While hiking up Sicily's Mount Etna as it was erupting, we paused to examine some twisted rope lava formations. During a pahoehoe flow, the outer skin of lava cools; the underlying lava is insulated and remains liquid. As it flows, it carries the cooler skin along with it, causing it to twist and fold. During the early stages, when the lava is hotter, these twists appear like ropes, but later, as it cools and becomes more viscous, the twists are shaped more like entrails. Beneath the solidifying surface, the liquid lava continues to flow, often draining out and leaving hollow cavities which over time collapse. Here an Italian cave explorer photographs the shapes of hardened lava.
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quite a shot here after it erupted
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