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Aerial view of a bomb detonating on Mauna Loa lava flows

1935 (approx.)

Detailed Description

Aerial view of a bomb detonating on Mauna Loa near the source of the 1935 Humu‘ula lava flow on the morning of December 27, 1935. This was one of 20 demolition bombs dropped on the lava flow that morning by the Army Bombing Squadron from Luke Field, O‘ahu.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.