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 Photograph by C. Heliker on
June 20, 1989
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| A skylight, formed when a section of lava-tube roof collapses, reveals the lava stream within. In the distance, a steam plume marks where the tube empties into the ocean. In 1987-1989, most of the lava erupted from the Kupaianaha vent flowed to the ocean completely enclosed within tubes. |
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey,
Menlo Park, California, USA
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