Lava is the form of magma, or molten or semi-molten rock, that erupts to the surface, such as via a volcano or through a crust fracture. We all know lava is pretty hot, but exactly how hot is lava?

The thickest lava doesn't even flow, it just plugs up the plumbing of a volcano and can be the cause of violent explosions. So the different between magma and lava is location.

The volcano released approximately 8.4 million cubic meters of lava – enough to fill almost 3,500 Olympic-sized swimming ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its ...

PAHOA, Hawaii – Lava oozing out of cracks for two weeks in rural Hawaii neighborhoods took on new characteristics as fresher magma mixed with decades-old magma, sending a flow toward the ocean ...

An eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is imminent, based on current activity, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Lava ...

The thickest lava doesn't even flow, it just plugs up the plumbing of a volcano and can be the cause of violent explosions. So the different between magma and lava is location.

PAHOA, Hawaii --Lava oozing out of cracks for two weeks in rural Hawaii neighborhoods took on new characteristics as fresher magma mixed with decades-old magma, sending a flow toward the ocean ...