lava
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The smoother appearance of much of the terrain suggests that lava once flowed across the region.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
During “Firefall” in February — an annual phenomenon when sunlight lands on the water cascading from Horsetail Fall, making it glow orange and red, like molten lava — the crowds were reportedly nightmarish.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Among them is his Oscar-shortlisted “The Deep,” the tale of an Icelandic fisherman who survived a 1984 shipwreck for six hours in 41-degrees-Fahrenheit ocean water, swam to shore and then walked barefoot over lava fields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The one that appears alongside onion petals, Monte Cristos and a molten chocolate lava cake that arrives under a small weather system of powdered sugar.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Valley’s spell had created a circle of molten lava around the monstruo, and it was closing in on the cuco.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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