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Lava Floor

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This is an animated GIF of the collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o Crater Floor on March 5, 2011.

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Public Domain.

Collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o Crater Floor on March 5, 2011
Video showing the collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.