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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 13, 2002

By Kīlauea March 13, 2002
Rootless shield at 2180 feet

 

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photo of lava
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Lava spills from crusted perched pond atop small rootless shield at 2180 feet. The lava cascades several meters into an older breached pond in 2150-foot shield (see February 2002 archive for photos and definition of rootless shield). The lava is moving away from the camera. In distance is part of the `a`a flow generated during breaching of the 2150-foot shield. Compare with photos above taken two days later.

 

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photo of lava
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Lava cascade from left to right, leaving the crusted pond at 2180 feet and plunging onto the 2150-foot rootless shield. The cascade is 5-7 meters high.
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