Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-03496
Lava flows dripping over low coastal cliffs are reflected in the sea in this May 1987 nighttime photo. Flows from Kīlauea's east rift zone have repeatedly reached the sea over a broad front during an eruption that began in 1983.
Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1987.
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Kilauea