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Above the pali there are no surface breakouts, and lava is carried ...

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Above the pali there are no surface breakouts, and lava is carried downslope within the subsurface lava tube system. The trace of the lava tubes is evident by the line of fuming point sources along the flow. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and the vent for the current flow, are in the upper left portion of the photo.