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