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A lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u produces a gas plume on 23 November 1968, shortly after activity began. This period of lava lake activity continued through to July 1968. Photo by Richard Fiske, 1967 (Smithsonian Institution).

A lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u produces a gas plume on 23 November 1968, shortly after activity began. This period of lava lake activity continued through to July 1968.

Photo by Richard Fiske, 1967 (Smithsonian Institution).

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