Evolving Lava Tube System Spawns Surface Flows that Reach the Ocean
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Lava flow on coastal plain of Kīlauea's south coast, October 24, 2009. This flow is fed by the easternmost (right-hand side) lava-tube system descending the pali in the background. The tube systems are marked by the alignment of bluish fume escaping from skylights and cracks.