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Kīlauea Summit

Detailed Description

Civil Air Patrol took this northwest-facing aerial photograph on August 7, 2018. The large collapse feature surrounding Halema‘uma‘u Crater within Kīlauea Caldera is in the center with lighter colored volcanic ash coating the landscape to the southwest (left). Plumes of smoke rise from brush fires on Mauna Loa's southeastern flank. Mauna Kea is visible on the right horizon and Keanakāko‘i Crater is located at the bottom center.

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Public Domain.