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Overflows from the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Overflows from the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō have nearly leveled the crater floor with the perched pond. The floor of the crater is now 39 m (128 ft) below the east rim.