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Will this summer's limited collapse of Kīlauea caldera eventually widen?

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South side of Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, showing a short section of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park's Crater Rim Drive (arrow) preserved on a block of the former caldera floor that has dropped down about 80 m (260 ft). Thinly bedded Kīlauea explosion deposits (E) from 16th–18th centuries are overlain by 19th and 20th century lava flows in the wall of Halema‘uma‘u. USGS photo by D. Swanson.

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