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Age-old questions pondered prior to Kīlauea's 1927 eruption

Detailed Description

On July 11, 1927, fumes issued from the top of the active southwest spatter cone (lower left) within Halema‘uma‘u Crater as a river of lava spread across the collapsed lava lake surface. (Tai Sing Loo photo from the October 1927 HVO Monthly Bulletin)

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Public Domain.