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Western margin of advancing breakout. Advance fire is burning on tumulus with trees, started by strong winds blowing embers from burning grass nearer lava. Pulama and Holei pali in background.
Active front of Kohola breakout. Half an hour earlier, entire tumulus in upper center lifted up about 30 centimeters and then immediately dropped down, accompanied by large dust cloud, during methane explosion viewed from photographer's locality.