Notice the ripples forming as the orange lava cools. This is how pahoehoe forms in these very fluid lavas. Flow rates were between 1-5/cm/sec.

 

 

The fuzzy black rock was thrown by Heath to see what it would do when it hit molten lava.

 

Splat! The rock imbedded itself into the lava upon impact and then flowed along with it. No drops spattered off when it hit

 

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