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Lava fissure in Napau Crater, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Photograph by L. Keszthelyi, January 30, 1997
One of five eruptive fissures from episode 54 shoots lava 10-30 m high just northeast of Napau Crater. The episode began when fissures opened on the floor of Napau, 4 km uprift from Pu`u `O`o. During the next 24 hours, about 300,000 m3 of lava were erupted from the fissures.

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