Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 22, 2005
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From lava ponds to shatter rings
Lava pond at East Pond Vent, spattering gently as rising gas breaks the thin crust on the pond. Tan color between camera and pond is Pele`s Hair plastered on inner wall of spatter cone.
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Same as left image.
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Helicopter gives scale for cones in Pu`u `O`o's crater. View looks west from east spillway. Lava pond at East Pond Vent is between the nearest two cones.
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MLK (near) and Puka Nui (far) spatter cones at south foot of Pu`u `O`o.
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Aerial view into Kiln hornito, on the upper PKK flow field.
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Shiny recent breakout, but older than 2 days, emerged from base of new shatter ring at about the 2100-foot elevation in the PKK flow.