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10 July 2004 - 0550:00

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Only 4 seconds later, slab containing the two stately falls in right image above is slipping off, and the falls are cattiwompus (to put it scientifically), not vertical, as they are carried down by the tilting slab. Notice how lava is being tossed up from behind disintegrating slab. Collapse was greeted with oohs, ahhs, and applause from assembled viewers. 0550:00.

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Public Domain.