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Volcanic eruption * Cast of Human Victim of 79 A.D. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, Italy Photograph by Peter L. Kresan Source: Chariot rutted street with stepping stones in Pompeii, Italy, and Mount Vesuvius in background. Fountain Eruption, Hawaii A 300-m-high fountain of basaltic lava erupts from Mauna Ulu in December 1969. Source: /presssiever/con_index.htm?05 Fissure Eruption, Hawaii Source: /presssiever/con_index.htm?05 A fissure eruption supplies a broad sheet of new basaltic lava in the Kilauea Caldera during August 1971. Paricutin Cinder Cone Eruption in 1944, Mexico Source: /presssiever/con_index.htm?05 A time exposure at night captures the eruption of spatter, bombs, and tephra. Paricutin grew from a 1943 eruption in a Tarascan Indians cornfield. Eruptions were intermittent for the next nine years and produced a cinder cone 1500 ft high. Emerging from the base of the cone, a lava flow engulfed a village. Today, the village site is marked by a church steeple rising out of the blocky aa flow. Lava Tube, Kapaahu, East Rift of Kilauea, Hawaii Source: /presssiever/con_index.htm?05 A window in a lava tube exposes a river of molten rock that eventually flows onto the coast about 5 mi downslope. A plume of steam can be seen on the horizon where the lava meets the ocean. Protected from rapid loss of heat by the tube system, the lava can travel significantly greater distances in a tube than on the surface. Flowing Basaltic Lava, East Rift of Kilauea, Hawaii Source: /presssiever/con_index.htm?05 A small tongue of fluid lava breaks through the crust of a cooling lava flow near the site of the Wahaula Visitors Center. Note how the pahoehoe surface is formed when the partially cooled crust is wrinkled as the hotter, more fluid lava continues to spread out. Lherzolite Nodule in Basalt, San Bernadino Volcanic Field, Southeastern Arizona Source: /presssiever/con_index.htm?05 A 1.5-inch-diameter nodule of Magnesium-rich olivine is encased in a vesicular