Collapse pit in Halema‘uma‘u formed toward end of Kapoho eruption. ...
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Collapse pit in Halema‘uma‘u formed toward end of Kapoho eruption. View toward north from south crater rim. Lava stored in 1952 lake draining from ring fracture and filling 300 m (about 1000 ft) pit.
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