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The early fountaining phases of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in the 1980s

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The lava flow from the north spatter cone ran over old cinder deposits from the early fountaining phases of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in the 1980s. Cinders sticking to the front of the pāhoehoe lava were lifted up as the front of the pāhoehoe toes inflated.