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Halema`uma`u Crater Ringed by Remains of Old Lava Lake

Detailed Description

Red arrows point to the "bathtub ring," or high-lava mark, from the 1967-68 eruption in Halema'uma'u Crater. The light-colored ring, composed of rocks altered by acidic gases, is obscured in places by later rockslides from the unstable crater walls.