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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 14, 2005

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory October 14, 2005

East Lae`apuki lava delta and small skylight

This is a photo of an aerial view of East Lae`apuki lava delta, showing thick laze plumes at front of delta.
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Aerial view of East Lae`apuki lava delta, showing thick laze plumes at front of delta, where many lava falls are dropping into the sea.
This is a photo of a small skylight, from which a thin lava flow welled and then drained back underground.
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Small skylight, from which a thin lava flow welled and then drained back underground. The curved wrinkles on the crust at far end of skylight formed during drainback, when the crust was hot and pliable.

 

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