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Aerial view of waning lava fountain, Kilauea Volcano, 1985

By Kīlauea
Photo taken from the air, looking down on red hot lava fountaining up from a vent, then running in red channels down a slope.
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Detailed Description

Aerial view, from the east, of waning lava fountain from Pu'u 'O'o on Hawai'i Island's Kilauea Volcano. Taken at the end of eruption episode 32. Pu'u 'O'o rose 209 meters above the pre-1983 surface (928 meters above sea level).

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Selected Images of the Pu‘u ‘O‘o–Kupaianaha Eruption, 1983–1997
USGS Digital Data Series DDS-80, 2003