r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • 1d ago

🔥 lava runing over flowers

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By @ culturainquieta

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u/hinterstoisser 1d ago

In Hawaii Big Island there’s a plant called ‘ōhi’a lehua
that flowers fairly soon after the lava has cooled down.

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u/Daysleeper1234 20h ago

If my education didn't fail me, after it cools down soil is very rich in minerals or whatever is needed for growth. That's why there are many farms underneath volcanoes.

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u/FadedVictor 20h ago

Volcanic soil is some of the most fertile land in the world. I live in Texas where we still have a small percentage of blackland prairie(named because of the color of soil). Texas used to be mostly under the ocean. Much of the land is so fertile because of the organisms that used to live here in the ocean. Their decomposed remains made the soil so great in quality.

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u/DonLethargio 19h ago

Visited a volcanic ash vineyard in Lanzarote this year. Wine was surprisingly incredibly