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Peace Day and Kahauale‘a flow fields

Detailed Description

The map shows the active Peace Day flow (light reddish orange) and the active Kahauale‘a flow north of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō (pink) as of February 25, 2013. Widening of both flow fields—the Peace Day flow field between February 25 and March 15 and the Kahauale‘a flow field between February 25 and March 19—is shown in bright red. Older lava flows are labeled with the years in which they were active. Episodes 1-48b (1983-1986) are shown in gray; episodes 48c-49 (1986-1992) are pale yellow; episodes 50-55 (1992-2007) are tan; and episodes 58-60 (2007-2011) are pale orange. The contour interval for topographic lines shown on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is 5 m.

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