PeleTears large

Författare/Upphovsman:

Jim D. Griggs, HVO (USGS) staff photographer[1][2]

Kreditera:

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/PeleTears.php

Kort länk:

https://sewiki.info/b/64dda

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

800 x 500 Pixel (59804 Bytes)

Beskrivning:

Assorted shapes of Pele's tears collected a few kilometers downwind from Mauna Ulu from along the Hilina Pali Road on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i. U.S. dime for scale in lower right. When pieces of magma shoot up into the air during a volcano eruption, they solidy on falling. Some form these shapes, which are called Pele's hair or tear because Pele is the goddess of fire in Hawaiian mythology. A Pele tear is usually connected to a strand of hair.

Licens:

Public domain

Licenskommentaren:

This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.