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The cone on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō has been the source of lava flows

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Over the past week this spatter cone on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater has been the source of several large, but brief, lava flows on the crater floor. Today, the cone was producing pulsating gas jetting sounds.