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Kilauea lava flows from a tube into the sea, November 27, 1989

By Kīlauea
A narrow stream of yellow-hot lava flows out of a lava tube, onto a small ledge, then cascades down to the ocean.
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Lava flows from a lava tube into the sea near Kupapau Point on 11/27/1989. From the Kilauea East Rift Zone (ERZ) eruption, eruption pisode 48, Kupapau lava flow. Hawai'i Island.

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Public Domain.

Images of Kilauea East Rift Zone Eruption, 1983-1993