Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. February 1969 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. New opening of a preexisting crack cutting the Chain of Craters Road 400 meters east of Aloi Crater, near the eruptive fissure.
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1969
Summary
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. February 1969 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. New opening of a preexisting crack cutting the Chain of Craters Road 400 meters east of Aloi Crater, near the eruptive fissure. The measured amount of an opening at a station just off the road is 11.6 centimeters. Note the roots extending across the crack and the remnant of an asphalt patch used to cover the crack after it opened in December 1965. View is southwest. Figure 23, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 891.
Summary
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. February 1969 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. New opening of a preexisting crack cutting the Chain of Craters Road 400 meters east of Aloi Crater, near the eruptive fissure. The measured amount of an opening at a station just off the road is 11.6 centimeters. Note the roots extending across the crack and the remnant of an asphalt patch used to cover the crack after it opened in December 1965. View is southwest. Figure 23, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 891.
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