Northwest part of Alae lava lake, Hawaii County, Hawaii. 1963.
Dates
Date Taken
1963-08-31
Summary
Album caption: Northwest part of Alae lava lake as viewed from overlook, showing low spatter ridge near former vent on floor of crater and coalescing spatter cones marking positions pof former vents on north wall. Forested mezzanine atop a 50-m-high cliff can be seen to the left of the spatter cones on the north wall of the crater. Kilauea Volcano. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Hawaii county, Hawaii. August 31, 1963. Published as figure 15 in u.s. Geological Survey. Professional paper 935-A. 1976. Index card: Same as album caption.
Summary
Album caption: Northwest part of Alae lava lake as viewed from overlook, showing low spatter ridge near former vent on floor of crater and coalescing spatter cones marking positions pof former vents on north wall. Forested mezzanine atop a 50-m-high cliff can be seen to the left of the spatter cones on the north wall of the crater. Kilauea Volcano. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Hawaii county, Hawaii. August 31, 1963.
Published as figure 15 in u.s. Geological Survey. Professional paper 935-A. 1976.
Available at the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Peck, D.L. Collection.
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