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Park superintendent Thomas Boles after a narrow escape at Kīlauea, ...

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Boles poses on the grounds of the Volcano House hotel with the Halemaumau eruption plume in the background. He fell cutting his hands and a knee while fleeing an explosion the day before. After his close call the superintendent barred all public access within two miles of Halemaumau.

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Photo courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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