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Pāhoehoe breakout NE of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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The pāhoehoe breakout northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is seen here covering older (1980s) ‘A‘ā. Many pieces of the old ‘A‘ā clinker were surrounded by the solidifying pāhoehoe, and then lifted by the inflating flow surface.