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Typical vent activity in the summer and fall 1969 high fountaining

1905 (approx.)

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Vent activity, typical of that in summer and fall 1969 between episodes of high fountaining. The spattering is from one of two compartments that contained lava. Typically lava levels in the two compartments were different, and gas pistons might work in both but at different times. These observations indicated that the two compartments were not connected at a shallow depth.