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Pu'u 'O'o cinder-and-spatter cone, Kilauea Volcano, 1983

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Flat-topped cinder cone with red-hot lava splattering out of the top and cascading down the sides.
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Detailed Description

View at dusk of the young Pu'u 'O'o cinder-and-spatter cone, with fountain 40 meters high, on Hawai'i Island's Kilauea Volcano (episode 5).

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Selected Images of the Pu‘u ‘O‘o–Kupaianaha Eruption, 1983–1997
USGS Digital Data Series DDS-80, 1983