re: #202 Weaselone

It’s a feature of the hot spot magma/lava that formed the islands. It’s generally very fluid, which is why you get large, broad shield like mountains instead of cones. This changes somewhat as the volcano gets shifted off the hot spot. The flows get a bit less fluid, so the character of the mountain changes a bit and you start to get a bit steeper slopes. Mauna Loa vs Mauna Kea sort of exemplifies this.

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I’ll never forget that made-for-TV movie about Mt. St. Helens starring Art Carney. Nice, runny pahoehoe flowing through the streets (!) of Cougar, WA. Hey, WTH—lava’s lava, right?