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Lava pond at East Pond Vent, spattering gently as rising gas breaks the thin crust on the pond. Tan color between camera and pond is Pele`s Hair plastered on inner wall of spatter cone.
Helicopter gives scale for cones in Pu`u `O`o's crater. View looks west from east spillway. Lava pond at East Pond Vent is between the nearest two cones.