lava lake
Crater's fiery pond
A lava lake is a pool of molten rock contained in a volcanic crater or vent.
Unlike lava flows that move and cool, lava lakes maintain their liquid state through continuous heat from below: The volcano's lava lake has been active for decades.
Some persist for years; others form briefly during eruptions.
- KilaueaActive Hawaiian shield volcano
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- volcanoEarth's fiery vent
- volcanic activityGeological heat release
magma · molten rock · caldera · vent · molten · churning · fumarole · Mauna Loa · skylights · magma chamber · degassing · sulfur dioxide · plume · pyroclastic flow · crust · viscous · obsidian · orange
- volcanic activityeruption, active, dormant, magma, extinct
- volcanoesvolcano, volcanic eruption, Mount Fuji, volcanic eruptions, caldera
- Volcanismmagma, eruption, volcanic eruption, magma chamber, volcanism
- lavaaa, curtain of fire
- volcanic featuresvolcano, geyser, hot spring, crater, magma
- volcano featurescaldera, cinder cone, vent, summit crater, fumarole
elemental/environmental contrast
lava lakeglacier
Slow-moving ice mass
frozen lake · glacial lake · ice sheet · iceberg · ice field