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English: Assorted shapes of Pele's tears collected a few kilometers downwind from Mauna Ulu from along the Hilina Pali Road on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i. U.S. dime for scale in lower right. When pieces of magma shoot up into the air during a volcano eruption, they solidy on falling. Some form these shapes, which are called Pele's hair or tear because Pele is the goddess of fire in Hawaiian mythology. A Pele tear is usually connected to a strand of hair.

Date

November 1984

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http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/PeleTears.php

Author

Jim D. Griggs, HVO (USGS) staff photographer[1][2]

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:56, 18 June 2012	800 × 500 (58 KB)	Hohum (talk \| contribs)	Add scale
	20:21, 18 June 2012	800 × 500 (36 KB)	Hohum (talk \| contribs)	Further cleanup of shadows.
	20:13, 18 June 2012	800 × 500 (39 KB)	Hohum (talk \| contribs)	Levels, cleanup
	18:56, 12 April 2006	800 × 500 (38 KB)	Wkentaur (talk \| contribs)	Photograph by J.D. Griggs in November 1984 Assorted shapes of Pele's tears collected a few kilometers downwind from Mauna Ulu from along the Hilina Pali Road on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i. U.S. dime for scale in lower right. {{USGS}} [[Category:Volcanol