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Northeast flank Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i from about 5,200 ft to summit. P...
Northeast flank Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i from about 5,200 ft to summit. P...
Northeast flank Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i from about 5,200 ft to summit. P...
Northeast flank Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i from about 5,200 ft to summit. P...

The light colored lava flows in foreground are part of the older Laupahoehoe Volcanics, erupted between 70,000 to 13,000 years ago. one of the youngest cinder cones erupted by the volcano,

Upper south flank of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Prominent cinder cone (low...
Upper south flank of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Prominent cinder cone (low...
Upper south flank of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Prominent cinder cone (low...
Upper south flank of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Prominent cinder cone (low...

Pu‘u Keonehehe‘e and the two small cones immediately to the northwest (left) are among the youngest cones erupted on the volcano, as recent as about 4,000 years ago. The other cones in this view are part of the Laupahoehoe Volcanics, but much older, dating to 70,000 years ago.

Pu‘u Keonehehe‘e and the two small cones immediately to the northwest (left) are among the youngest cones erupted on the volcano, as recent as about 4,000 years ago. The other cones in this view are part of the Laupahoehoe Volcanics, but much older, dating to 70,000 years ago.

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