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Overview of the Kamoamoa eruption looking south. The NEern vent is ...

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Overview of the Kamoamoa eruption looking south. The northeastern vent is to the left, and the southwestern vent is to the upper right. A river of lava, erupting from the southwestern vent, can be seen advancing toward the southeast through forest within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.