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7 October 2005 - 0956:24

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
This is a photo of a stainless steel cable with hammer head on end lowered into lava through skylight along lava tube.
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Stainless steel cable with hammer head on end is lowered into lava through skylight along lava tube in east branch of PKK flow at 230-feet elevation below Pulama pali. Hoe handle is used to guided cable when pulled up. After a few seconds, to ensure that lava sticks to hammer head, cable is pulled up. 0956:24.

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