page_title: Pele's tears
hierarchical_section_title: Pele's tears
caption_attribution_description: 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.
context_page_description: Pele's tears are small pieces of solidified lava drops formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tearlike drops of volcanic glass. Pele's tears are jet black in color and are often found on one end of a strand of Pele's hair. Pele's tears is primarily a scientific term used by volcanologists.
  Pele's tears, like Pele's hair, are named after Pele, the Hawaiian fire goddess of volcanoes.
context_section_description: Pele's tears (closest Hawaiian translation: "nā waimaka o pele") are small pieces of solidified lava drops formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tearlike drops of volcanic glass. Pele's tears are jet black in color and are often found on one end of a strand of Pele's hair. Pele's tears is primarily a scientific term used by volcanologists.
  Pele's tears, like Pele's hair, are named after Pele, the Hawaiian fire goddess of volcanoes.
caption: Assorted shapes of Pele's tears from Mauna Ulu. U.S. dime for scale in lower right.
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