Kilauea (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Kilauea (1 of 2)

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A plume of magmatic gases rises from a vent that formed in 2008 within Halema'uma'u Crater, which is located within Kilauea's summit caldera.

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CREDIT: M. Poland/USGS HVO

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