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Kīlauea Lower East Rift Zone

Detailed Description

Geology field crews west of fissure 8 made observations at the vent. They captured both thermal and video imagery of 5-minute pulsations occurring in the near-vent channel. Tephra covers the landscape and the frame of a water-catchment-tank roof can be seen to the geologistʻs left (center of the photograph).

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Public Domain.