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Extending slightly beyond the lava flows on the surface, a steaming...

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Extending slightly beyond the lava flows on the surface, a steaming ground crack indicates that lava is continuing to move beneath the surface. The front of the surface flows is just above and to the right of the center point of the photograph, and the steaming ground crack runs along the vertical center line of the photograph. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō can be seen on the horizon in the upper left.