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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, third phase of activity in Kilauea Iki Crater.

Dates

Date Taken
1959

Summary

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, third phase of activity in Kilauea Iki Crater. Reduced fountain deflected northward by the collapse of the inner part of the cone in the crater. Note the new cone developing on the left shoulder of the old main cone (immediately to the right of the fountain). View is from the trail leading down to Byron Ledge. 8:00 a.m., November 29, 1959. Figure 17, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 537-E.

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Richter, Donald H.

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name photoLibrary rdh00052
number photoLibrary 29985
batch photoLibrary batch57
number_in_book photoLibrary 52

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