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Rauðháls is a hill within the Rauðhálsahraun lava area in West Iceland (Vesturland). From what I know of soil science, the red pigment of the earth comes either from rhyolite, a volcanic mineral, or the palagonitization of basalt (suggested also to be the cause of Mars' red surface).

Rauðháls is a hill within the Rauðhálsahraun lava area in West Iceland (Vesturland). From what I know of soil science, the red pigment of the earth comes either from rhyolite, a volcanic mineral, or the palagonitization of basalt (suggested also to be the cause of Mars' red surface).