Aerial view SEward toward town of Kapoho (background left of lava f...
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Aerial view southeastward toward town of Kapoho (background left of lava fountains) at about 1600 January 23, 1960. Fountain at vent B (left) feed river of lava flowing through breach in cinder cone.
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1960 Kapoho Eruption provided lesson in Kīlauea behavior
The Kapoho eruption caused havoc in lower Puna, which was considered an idyllic rural paradise until the lava fountains and flows covered farm land and villages.
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1960 Kapoho Eruption provided lesson in Kīlauea behavior
The Kapoho eruption caused havoc in lower Puna, which was considered an idyllic rural paradise until the lava fountains and flows covered farm land and villages.