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Mauna Loa lava flows

Detailed Description

The black unit in the foreground is the 1903 fissure vents and flows from the southwest rift zone of Mauna Loa. Moving around the photo clockwise, next set of hills are the 1926 spatter ramparts. Above the 1926 ramparts the next dark colored hills (red interior) are the vents for the 1919 'Alika flow. In the middle of the image, the dark flows and those far afield are all from 1950. The mountain in the far background is Hualālai.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.