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lava tube

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lava tube [′lä·və ‚tüb]
(geology)
A long, tubular opening under the crust of solidified lava.
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According to a report in National Geographic News, the microbes were found on the walls of lava tubes in Hawaii, New Mexico, and the Portuguese Azores islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
Microbe poop on lava tubes offer clues for life on Mars by Asian News International
The scientists have dubbed it the Lava Tube Spring and say the spring's crater is 12 feet deep and bubbles 6,000 gallons of water a minute into the Rio Grande.
SCIENTISTS FIND RIO GRANDE'S LARGEST SPRING by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
He says humans could survive and stay "reasonably cosy" by living like cavemen on the Red Planet, sheltering from deadly solar radiation in under-grountunnels called lava tubes.
BB ON MARS - BUT WITH NO EVICTIONS by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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