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Low fountaining continues at the western fissure in Kīlauea's summit

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A closer view of the low fountaining at the western fissure in  Halema‘uma‘u at Kīlauea's summit. The rim of the cone is built from accumulated deposits of spatter, and large chunks of the cone rim were observed to collapse from time to time. USGS photo by M. Patrick

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