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Pele's hair is fine fibers of volcanic glass that form as hot molten lava is thrown into the air during explosive eruptions. It takes a lava of low viscosity, and very hot air, to form Pele's hair. The low-silica basaltic magma erupting in fountains from Kilauea volcano meets those conditions.
October 22, 2008