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A close-up of the perched lava channel on the Fissure 8 flow, in Leilani Estates

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A close-up of the perched lava channel on the Fissure 8 flow, in Leilani Estates subdivision. The bottom-left portion of the photo shows the drained channel floor, covered by the very last stages of sluggish lava erupted from Fissure 8. In the upper-right portion of the photo is the channel levee, which was built from numerous fluid pāhoehoe overflows. USGS photo by D. Becker.

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