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September 28, 2021, KWcam image of Halemaʻumaʻu crater at Kīlauea's summit

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KWcam image taken on September 28, 2021, before the eruption began in Halemaʻumaʻu on September 29, 2021.  Several islands, including the one in the center of the crater that formed on December 20, 2020, are surrounded by younger lava flows erupted during the December 2020-May 2021 Kīlauea summit eruption. USGS photo.

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