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Aerial view down into the vent in Halema‘uma‘u with the active lava lake at the bottom. Lava is upwelling at the upper right side of the lake (north) and downwelling at lower left (south).
Awesome views of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, the spatter cone, and the fuming opening
View looking southeast across the eastern half of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater and showing the spatter cone on the northeast side of the crater and the fuming opening in the east wall.
View looking north across new and active flows, light gray in color, on the coastal plain west of Kalapana Gardens subdivision (visible the image at right).
