Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, first phase of activity in Kilauea Iki Crater.
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1959
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, first phase of activity in Kilauea Iki Crater. Fountain and lake during the last day of the first phase, viewed from Kilauea Iki Crater overlook. Exceptionally level surface of the 330-foot deep lava lake. Lighter areas and bands are fluid lava oozing and squeezing up around foundering plates of the crust on the continually reworked surface. #1:00 p.m., November 21, 1959. Figure 13 (bottom), U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 537-E. See also photo rdh00046.
Summary
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, first phase of activity in Kilauea Iki Crater. Fountain and lake during the last day of the first phase, viewed from Kilauea Iki Crater overlook. Exceptionally level surface of the 330-foot deep lava lake. Lighter areas and bands are fluid lava oozing and squeezing up around foundering plates of the crust on the continually reworked surface. #1:00 p.m., November 21, 1959. Figure 13 (bottom), U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 537-E. See also photo rdh00046.
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