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This thermal camera view from the helicopter looks upslope (NW), an...

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This thermal camera view from the helicopter looks upslope (northwest), and shows the two main breakouts that are southeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The western breakout was nearly stalled, and most of the activity was focused at the front of the eastern breakout. Both breakouts consisted of pāhoehoe flows.