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Pele’s hair-raising physics: glassy gifts from a volcano goddess

08 Oct 2024

Samiha Sehgal delves into the fiery depths of volcanoes to explore what geophysicists can learn from the strange fibreglass-like slivers of volcanic glass that are blown out after some eruptions

Pele's hair on a glossy black surface
Turbulent tresses Pele’s hair is a fibreglass-like volcanic material that can form when liquid lava is thrown into the air during eruptions. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/MarcelClemens)
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