Perched lava pond in the west pit, within Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō
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This thermal image shows the perched lava pond in the west pit, within Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater. A recent overflow from the pond is filling up a portion of the moat between the elevated pond and the crater wall.