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Lava flows from a fissure that opened on 5 March 1965 extended 13 km from Makaopuhi to beyond Nāpau crater. The lava cascaded into Makaopuhi crater, forming a lava lake more than 100 m deep. Photo by Tom Wright, 1965 (U.S. Geological Survey).

Lava flows from a fissure that opened on 5 March 1965 extended 13 km from Makaopuhi to beyond Nāpau crater. The lava cascaded into Makaopuhi crater, forming a lava lake more than 100 m deep.

Photo by Tom Wright, 1965 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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