Though lava starts as a super-hot liquid, it will become solid rock once it cools. As it
does, it builds up around the volcano's opening, getting higher and wider, as long as the volcano stays active, until it becomes a mountain. The Hawaiian islands are lava
mountains. This is a photo of a small lava flow.
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