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Comparison of Fissure 6 on May 23 and inactive vent on May 27

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This video shows the dramatic fountaining of Fissure 6, in Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone, on May 23, 2018, around 9:30 PM. Three days later (May 26, 2018, at 5:11 PM), the fissure was inactive, as shown in the final frames.