image: High lava fountain during early phase of the 1959 Kilauea eruption. This image relates to an article that appeared in the June 20, 2008, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Fang-Zhen Teng and colleagues at University of Chicago in Chicago, was titled "Iron Isotope Fractionation During Magmatic Differentiation in Kilauea Iki Lava Lake." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of J.P. Eaton (USGS, HVO)