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Rubble rolling down the edge of the collapsing crater in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Incandescent rubble rolling and sliding down the scarp on the edge of the collapsing crater in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. A remnant of the pre-collapse crater floor can be seen in the background below the crater's south wall. The east rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is in the foreground.