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A lava fountain is a volcanic phenomenon in which lava is forcefully but non-explosively ejected from a crater, vent, or fissure. Lava fountains may reach heights of up to 500 m ...

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Brief explanation: Lava fountains are sustained jets of (usually very) fluid lava into the atmosphere. Lava fountains occur commonly on basaltic volcanoes such as ...

Lava fountain: Definition from Answers.com
lava fountain ( ?läv? ?fau?nt?n ) ( geology ) A jetlike eruption of lava that issues vertically from a volcanic vent or fissure

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Lava fountain of the Pu'u O'o cinder and spatter cone on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i. Credit: J. D. Griggs, U.S. Geological Survey

VHP Photo Glossary: Lava fountain
Photograph by J.D. Griggs on 5 October 1983. Lava fountain of the Pu`u `O`o cinder and spatter cone on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i.