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They call this a Pressure Ridge. It just seems so out of place. I like the texture: **Pahoehoe lava**, recognizable by its relatively smooth, undulating surface compared to the jagged, broken rocks on the ridge itself.
* **Scale:** These ridges can vary significantly in size, but they serve as a clear visual record of the immense physical forces at play as the [Great Rift]() erupted over the last 15,000 years.
* **Upward Pressure:** While the surface of the lava flow has solidified into a hard crust, fluid lava continues to move beneath it.
* **Buckling:** As more lava is pumped into the area, the pressure forces the hardened surface crust to buckle and fracture.
* **Uplift:** This results in the dramatic, wedge-shaped uplift seen in your photo, where the crust has split apart to form a distinct ridge.
* **Scale:** These ridges can vary significantly in size, but they serve as a clear visual record of the immense physical forces at play as the [Great Rift]() erupted over the last 15,000 years.
* **Upward Pressure:** While the surface of the lava flow has solidified into a hard crust, fluid lava continues to move beneath it.
* **Buckling:** As more lava is pumped into the area, the pressure forces the hardened surface crust to buckle and fracture.
* **Uplift:** This results in the dramatic, wedge-shaped uplift seen in your photo, where the crust has split apart to form a distinct ridge.