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HVO's first report in 1911—all about the Halema‘uma‘u lava lake

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Frank Perret's photos from early July 1911 showing the island in the lake at the bottom of a smaller Halema‘uma‘u Crater. The view is looking southwest and the ledge up near the west rim was known as the January 1910 bench, a remnant of an earlier lava level in the crater.