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looks north into NW embayment at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The spatter cone on edg...

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This photo looks north into the northwest embayment at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The spatter cone on edge of the embayment (the dark object nearly surrounded by white staining) has not fed lava flows for several months, but incandescent holes on the spatter cone (not visible in this photo) show that lava still resides beneath it. The fume in the distance at upper right is from the June 27th flow lava tube.