In a very literal way, one need simply walk across the a'a and pahoehoe lava to witness such a genesis. |
Lazarus leapt from the pahoehoe and landed next to his guide, leaning against the volcano for a moment. |
A serpentine flow meanders through formations of smooth pahoehoe lava and rough aa lava, the same forms common in basalt lavas. |
Herding cattle and galloping horses across rough a'a lava fields and smoother pahoehoe takes a special kind of cowboy-the Kona paniolo. |
Very different from jagged aa, pahoehoe is the other general texture of newly solidified lava. |
She will fill up your fishing grounds with the pahoehoe, and you will starve. |