(from the article `volcano`) ...a fissure that split the long axis of the summit caldera, an oval, cliff-bounded basin approximately 3 to 5 km (1.9 to 3.1 miles) from rim to rim ...
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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 An eruption of molten material from a fissure, vent, or active lava lakes. Lava fountains form when gas bubbles in molten rock rapidly expand as they reach the surface...
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A rhythmic vertical fountainlike eruption of lava.
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