Where Mauna Loa's lava comes from – and why Hawaii's volcanoes are different from most
- Written by Gabi Laske, Professor of Geophysics, University of California, San Diego
Magma fountains through a fissure on Mauna Loa, becoming lava, on Nov. 28, 2022.K. Lynn/USGSHawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27, 2022.
Where does all that lava come from?
We asked Gab...
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