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Scoria cones across the snow-covered Mauna Kea summit are some of the most recent features of this volcano, seen here from the SW. The high altitude makes it the only Hawaiian volcano that is known to have had glaciers. Photo by Don Swanson (U.S. Geological Survey).

Scoria cones across the snow-covered Mauna Kea summit are some of the most recent features of this volcano, seen here from the SW. The high altitude makes it the only Hawaiian volcano that is known to have had glaciers.

Photo by Don Swanson (U.S. Geological Survey).

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