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Upper Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano—October 22, 2020

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View looking southwest along the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano. The unvegetated nature of the Southwest Rift Zone is on full display with the Keanakākoʻi Tephra in the foreground overlying lava flows from Cone Peak (the cone in the middle ground to the right). In the background are the cones of Puʻukoaʻe (left of center) and the Kamakaiʻa Hills (three hills in center). USGS photograph taken by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist D. Downs on October 22, 2020.  

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